Should   Republic of  Turkey  be accepted to European Union?Why?
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First of all EU is not a Christian club (! According to the sayings of EU). Well, we'll see this.   Turkey is in one of the most important regions of the world, a bridge between two continents,which of course is not enough.But when accepted EU will have lots of important profits. With it's economic growth, Turkey will surely bring a dynamic potential. Turkey is the country of  civilization. Lots of people from all cultures live in peace. Turkey's acceptance will also be meaningful in the name of union of civilizations. And EU will have more words to say in the region . (like Iraq,Iran,Syria...vs ) In this world of which is getting more global and global, it's not a 3 question - test like "EU has  a common family of languages" or etc. as mentioned  above. It's more complex.
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It has more potential than any other country in the region.\n\n- Muslim illegals are mostly from Iraq and Afghanistan that are screwed up by some of the EU member states and their allies. They should be hold responsible for those unfortunate people seeking asylum. Turkey is just a passage for them, just like Greece, Italy, Austria. Do you expect Iraqis to travel to Europe through Japan or New Zealand?\n\n- Turkey has been home to many cultures that shaped today's Europe. Racially, about 1/4th of the Turks are grandchildren of Muslim Europeans who were displaced by the Christian Balkan states after WWI. They were not necessarily Turks, they were Muslims fleeing from the Christian atrocity. My grandfather is one of them, he is Romanian, and grandmother is Bosnian. They seeked asylum from Turkey, they learned the language, acquired Turkish names and became Turkish after they migrated.\n\nWhole Balkans were Turkish states for about 5-6 centuries (20-25 generations). Maybe you're not aware but Turkish culture has left a lot of traces in Europe. They didn't enforce religion onto the citizens, so we still have Christian faith on Balkans, with some Christian Turks as well.\n\nSome other facts you don't know about Turkey's potential:\n- Economy growing at about 7% vs 2.5% in EU.\n- 17th most industrialized country in the world.\n- 17th largest economy in 2006. It was the 26th in 2002, only 4 years ago.\n- Young educated population. Oversupply of engineers, doctors etc. Many work abroad as there are not enough jobs in Turkey. On the contrary many European economies depend on foreign workforce.\n- Secular democracy. No kings, no queens, no imams or monks as the head of state.\n- There are already about 5 million Turks living in Europe (not counting the 8 million in the European part of Turkey).\n- They have overcome the hyperinflation (70-100%) that screwed up the economy between 1970-2000. Now it is around 5-6%. Bad days are over.\n- 30% arable land. Arable whole year due to its climate and has enough water.\n- Strategically positioned. Energy hub to Central Asia and Middle East. Holding the 2 straits to Black Sea.\n- It is as big as France and England put together. Size matters. \n- Excellent private medical services, free public education (inc uni)\n- Healthy family & social structure. Don't have 12 year old single mothers. Doesn't have binge drinking and drug addicts.  Doesn't have high rates of divorces and single mothers. It has steadily growing population.\n- Low crime rates (lower than UK et al.)\n- Lots of natural resources, beautiful country, great food & fun loving people.\n- Many Turks will return back to her once the economy gets better... \n\nDo you really think we enjoy living in north Europe? It is all about money.
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I would contact the Universities in Turkey that you would be interesting in attending.  I am sure they would know what to do.\n\nGood Luck!!!
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Beacuse Turkey is in EU
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It's sort of debatable... it's like asking if Egypt is part of Africa or part of the Middle East. The answer, truthfully, would be "both."\n\nHowever, I would say that Turkey is more a part of Europe than it is part of the Middle East. Their customs, ambitions, and laws have always resembled Europe more (especially in the regions east and north of Ankara).
1171979
I think it should, but seems that the single governments don't want to lose their power, and that european peoples are actually a bit disaffected by the Union
198936
Yes. The christians in Turkey are largely ethnic Greeks or Armenians. There have been many claims that the Turks have attempted genocide of Armenians. The early church was well represented in the area that is now Turkey but only remnants remain.\n\nWhy? Because believers will meet and worship wherever they are (openly or underground).\n\nThe link discusses what might happen for the church if Turkey is admitted to the European Union.
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Its up in the air at the moment.  they have to meet certain requirement, prerequisites.. They do have things in their culture that Europe doesnt want in the union so there are talks and negotiations.  We should see something about it soon but not sure when.
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Europeans are not interested in that other wise it would have happened a long time back.I think the mood in Turkey is also changing now.{THEY DO NOT WANT TO JOIN EU}
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I think the Kurds deserve a homeland, as theirs was unfairly taken from them.  However, to give them part of Iraq in the north where they currently reside would not be feasible.  Turkey, who also has a very large Kurdish minority that border s Iraq to the north, would not allow this because they would likely eventually have to deal with their Kurdish population wanting to secede as well to join their brethren.. The U.S. and Turkey are "allies" and the U.S. will not support a Kurdish nation.  As has been proven, though explained with different, untrue, reasoning.\nOregonLion
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I think Tukey is playing it's cards pretty well balancing between the EU and the Arabic world. Still I think they should be more carefull because Turkey does not have lots of supporters in the European parliament.
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I think it is a good idea because turkey near from middle east and Turkey have experience in middle east affair and can help in middle east
171804
Its not in Turkey's hands to join EU or not. Turkey is fighting to join EU for so long but I don't know what EU is thinking.
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Turkey should join the EU because they have worked hard to reach EU standards in all sorts of domains, so it would be incorrect to tell them that they shouldn't join now. Or they should have been told from the start that it was not possible.
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I think it will eventually. Turkey has cleaned up its human rights record IMMENSELY, and its economy is already better than several current EU member states in Eastern Europe. I think people are nervous about letting it in because its population is growing so quickly and because it is a mostly Muslim state. To tell the truth, I don't think either arguement will hold up much longer. Aging Europe could use the population boost, and the great majority of Europe doesn't profess (or at least practice) ANY religion anymore, Christian or otherwise.\n\nThe only way I can see that Turkey WOULDN'T join is if the EU put them off so long that they finally threw up their hands and gave up. Either that, or if they EU fell apart because of infighting before Turkey got the chance to join.
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The political situation in Cyprus has received very little attention here in the United States for many years since the crisis is no longer lethal, and the violence is now being kept to a minimum.\n\nA government of semi-unity under a Greek Orthodox bishop as the Prime Minister was deposed in a pro-Greek coup perhaps sponsored by Greece's then military government. Turkey landed troops on the northern part of the island to protect the safety and rights of the Turkish minority. When no compromise between the various factions could be reached, Turkey set up a Turkish state which has been recognized only by Turkey. This had led to various UN sanctions against both Turkey and the Turkish state in Cyprus. For several decades, the truce has held up with only minor incursions from either side. However, there seems to be no visible sign of any sort of resolution in the forseeable future.\n\nAmerican public opinion, when there has been an opinion, has largely been in sympathy with the Greek side in the dispute. Regardless of the merits of the coup and seizure of power, this sympathy has been based more, in my opinion, on US domestic politics - there are far more people in the USA who are of Greek heritage than Turkish. I also think that, with the replacement of the military government in Greece years ago and the improvement of the economic situation in the eastern Mediterranean, a peaceful solution could probably now be found if the Turkish minority could be convinced they can trust the Greeks enough to relinquish the protection of the Turkish army.
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Go to this site and follow the links !!!!!!!!!!!!\n\nThe Republic of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye)listen (help·info); , is a bicontinental country located mainly in the Anatolian peninsula, with 3% of its territory located in the Balkan region of Southeastern Europe. Turkey borders eight countries: Greece and Bulgaria to the northwest; Georgia, Armenia and the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhichevan and to the northeast; Iran (Persia) to the east; and Iraq and Syria to the south. The Republic of Turkey is a democratic laic constitutional republic, whose political system was established in 1923. Turkey is a member state of the United Nations, NATO, OSCE, OECD, OIC and the Council of Europe. In October 2005, the European Union opened accession negotiations with Ankara.\n\nTurkey straddles the Bosphorus straits that separate Southwest Asia from Southeast Europe. Anatolia is situated between the Black Sea on the north and the Mediterranean Sea to south, with the Aegean Sea and Marmara Sea (both branches of the Mediterranean) to the west. Some geographers consider Turkey to be, also a part of Europe due to certain cultural, political and historical characteristics. Because of its geographical position between Europe and Asia and three seas, Turkey has been a historical crossroads, the homeland of and battleground between several great civilizations, and a centre of commerce.\n\nContents [hide]\n1 History \n2 Politics \n2.1 Legal System \n2.2 Foreign Relations \n3 Military \n4 Geography \n5 Economy \n5.1 Agriculture \n5.2 Industrial sector \n5.3 Service sector \n5.4 Tourism sector \n5.5 Financial sector \n5.6 Natural resources \n5.7 Employment \n6 Society \n6.1 Demographics \n6.2 Education \n6.3 Culture \n6.4 Religion \n7 Images of Turkiye \n8 Miscellaneous Topics \n9 References \n10 External links