Having grown used to this situation, people no longer thought it unusual that Turkey, which was trying hard to look European, should honor the pension arrangements of the overthrown sultan.

这种情形，你熟悉之后，再看到正在努力欧化的土耳其仍以被颠覆的苏丹王朝留下的福利制度为荣，也就习以为常了。