eMGee

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Turkey, an asian country, member of the European Union??! Mr. Bush, why don't you make Turkey member of the United States of America??!!

And Erdogan a "secular" muslim leader??!! Aren't you forgetting something, Mr. Bush:
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Confed999

I doubt they could follow the rules. What does GWB have to do with your EU?

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ChrisF202

Good point, but then again, why is Mexico in NAFTA if some would consider Mexico to be Central America?

eMGee

Read the article.

Confed999

It's just a name, just like NATO has members that do not touch the Atlantic. Just like the EU, if it survives, could take on Asian, African and even North and South American countries, in the centuries to come.
I did. When did GWB get to vote on new EU members? This is politics stuff, from what I read. Any blame for new members should rest squarely on the shoulders of the Europeans allowing them in.

eMGee

Politics eh... After centuries of fighting and keeping the Mongols (including the Turks) out of Europe, this "cowboy" from Texas comes and tells us what to do??

I used to support Bush and this still doesn't mean I find Kerry, for example, better. Actually, I bet Kerry is even worse on this subject.

As for the "European" Union. I hope it'll collapse or cease to exist as soon as Turkey is "ready" to enter it.

The EU is a farce!

Lunatock

Maybe we're fixing it to better suit humanity than the original EU/UN farce aka the Axis Of Weasel.

Exactly why do you hate Turkey anyway? Isreali ally? Chechen Diaspora in the northern half of the country? Or because it's a Muslim Country?

bigross86

I don't know what your problem is. Geographically, Turkey IS part of Europe. There is a reason the bridge in Istanbul is famous for spanning two continents: Asia and Europe.

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eMGee

No.

Istanbul still geographically is, but culturally it isn't anymore. It's original culture and religion were destoryed after it was taken by the Mongols (Turks). Istanbul (read: Byzantinium) used to the capital of the Byzantine/Eastern-Roman Empire. The Aya Sophia church was simply rebuilt into a dirty mosque...

And my problem is, mainly, that Turkey's culture doesn't fit in Europe at all! Aside that, Turks in Europe give a lot of problems already and open borders would mean being flooded by Turks.

By the way, all the arguments that are given for them to join (the EU) are either false or based on lies. Heh, I'd love to see Turkey still being "secular" without the army seeying to it, LOL

Lunatock

You notice nobody in Turkey wears a Fez anymore? The Government banned the people from wearing one. And they seemed quite secular in that they were unheard of, least of all enforced in the Islamic States.

eMGee

Indeed

Lunatock

Indeed they were. No different from the way Chechens, Afghans, Somalis, ect. All dressed. But different from Taliban enforced burqa's and the Chador's that wahabbi's want Muslim Women to wear.

There was an interesting paragraph or two about Khassan Baiev debating the issue of what Chechen Women should wear with some Wahabbi's in his book, The Oath. Perhaps I'll excerpt that later on.

Ironduke

Turkey right now is about where Spain and Italy were 30 years ago in terms of the religiousness of their inhabitants, imo. I see Turks as being more Mediterranean than Islamic in their culture.

What happened with Attaturk in the 20's is about the same as what Napoleon did to the Catholic Church in France in the 1790's and Cavour did in Italy in the 1860's.

Turkey has a large population, but its fertility rate of 1.98 children per women (and declining) is below the replacement level of 2.1.

Scientifically speaking, Asia and Europe are not continents. Eurasia is a continent.


Anyways, nothing Bush says about Turkey joining the EU is going to have any impact on its prospects.

eMGee

Aside from the fact that I find this a huge insult to Italians and Spaniards, and a truly F**KED UP thing to say, you also prove to know absolutely NOTHING about Turkey. Like most pro-Turkey people, anyways...


All those "modernizations" and "democratic improvements" were purely cosmetic and as far as "religious enlightenment" goes (through so-called secularization) has totally failed aswell. The army, from day one, had to prevent that the fundamentalists/pro-Ottoman empire/pro-caliphate etc. would overthrow the "secular" government (which isn't as secular as it seems, especially with dear Erdogan in power; see his quote in one of my previous post.)


And how come Turks here in Europe, and we have a lot of them!!, averagely get above three/four children??


SCIENTIFICALLY?! LOL!


Oh no?? The whole EU, and before that the Marshall Plan, (how odd it may sound!) was forced upon us by the USA.

Since you and your government like Turkey so much, why don't you start a petition/lobby group for letting Turkey join the USA!


Yet again, I'm amazed how some Americans see how necessary it is for some beefed up, Asian country, to join the EUROPEAN Union

Ray

The rationale for the bias is so obvious.



But then each to his own views.

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