In Turkish body language, said Ali, you have the nodding of the head up and down for “yes,” the shaking side to side for “no,” and then something else.

Istanbul, which straddles Europe and Asia, is the largest city in the country, while Ankarais the capital.

Rest of the population can have the economic power or good life style but they are still arabic mixed culture people. The Turkish interior minister says that the number of refugees who have left Turkey heading for Europe has reached 130,000 and shows no sign of easing. He eventually did, but for other reasons, and from a different job…. Informations sur votre appareil et sur votre connexion Internet, y compris votre adresse IP, Navigation et recherche lors de l’utilisation des sites Web et applications Verizon Media. Who, other than Turkish democrats and US Democratic Congressman Barney Frank, remember then-Deputy Defence Secretary Paul Wolfowitz calling for the Turkish Army to exert its “traditional leadership role” (code for carrying out a coup d’état) in the face of the elected Turkish government’s opposition to allowing US military use of Turkish territory to invade Iraq in 2003? Turkey’s membership is both an enormous opportunity for Europe and an enormous risk, and the European Union being as it is such a fragmented coalition of states and cultures cannot even get close to a common position. The United States strongly supports Turkey’s bid to become a member of the European Union. | © 1999-2015 EurActiv.com PLC If anyone says the opposite of my ideas, this is because they have the same world view of other people. By doing the above the EU and Turkey have a win win situation. Meanwhile the EU cannot decide what to do as regards Turkish membership of the club. On use of the term ‘Middle East’ I agree with the point of really non-existant. Your email address will not be published. Tilting your head back to where your chin pointed to the onlooker (I’ve seen this elsewhere accompanied by a dismissive “tsk” sound) means “impossible.” Which one is it to be for Turkey’s European Union hopes: yes, no, or – as in you silly Turks, whatever made you think we’re genuine about those accession talks – impossible? It is disappointing on the part of EU that after all the reinnesance, reforms, post world wars era, all high values and everything, it only comes down to a christian-muslim dispute, which sort of makes EU a polished and better marketed version of medieval Europe. Turkey like to obey and follow the power. Chaos,chaos and no inteligent,no esthatitcs, parents always angry to childeren. April 7, 2009.

As such Turkey is partly a south eastern European nation with a wider influence than most of the other EU countries. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam.

Membership of the EU confers freedom of movements in goods and people, although recent east European entrants have had transition arrangements delaying full rights for a few years after joining. Angela Merkel of Germany and Nicholas Sarkozy of France are both opposed to Turkish membership. Yes well, I probably sounded too tempered when I now read the post again. Thanks for the thoughtful comments though, your points are well taken. To the annoyance of Nicolas Sarkozy (and I dare say a few others), US President Barack Obama, speaking at the Turkish Parliament yesterday, repeated that. Turkey’s status is rather like its geographic position.

From many aspects, Turkey is more European than anything else. Sounds like “Europe’s” boundaries are rather elastic. Turkey has been a resolute ally and a responsible partner in transatlantic and European institutions.

I see the fear in their eyes when they come to turkey. Common Foreign & Security Policy, English, Turkey, United States. Just imagine that Turkey didn’t exist, and 3.5 million refugees landed straight into Greece, Bulgaria, Romania. Pour autoriser Verizon Media et nos partenaires à traiter vos données personnelles, sélectionnez 'J'accepte' ou 'Gérer les paramètres' pour obtenir plus d’informations et pour gérer vos choix. Turkey should now be granted full membership of EU. Turkey and Europe: Yes, No, or Impossible? Courtesy: EC Enlargement . Even though the bulk of the nation was and still is Asia. But steel products in which Turkey is a major regional player still incur some duties. Josef Joffe in a Reuters article proposed that Turkey’s willingness to engage more actively with other Arab countries could well be a recognition that regional power is changing there. If as some believe Iraq implodes when the US leaves, Turkey will almost certainly step in to seize the northern half; securing both immensely valuable Kurdish oilfields and simultaneously removing the safe haven for Kurdish separatists that have long been a thorn in Turkey’s side. As far as the US image is concerned, Obama had to surface from not only the generally abyssal depths into which Bush had sunk US-Muslim relations, but also had to repair damaged US-Turkish relations. And Turkish membership would broaden and strengthen Europe’s foundation once more. The debate about whether Turkey should join the European Union has raged ever since the idea was first raised in 1963, along with a dozen sub arguments about if they join, when they join, on what terms and so on. Let’s hope Turkey will not change sides… Then it will be too late. This American stance on Turkey’s EU credentials is not new, but when Obama speaks of Europe “gaining in diversity,” he brings a certain credibility to the argument that Bush and others never had. We speak not as members of the EU, but as close friends of both Turkey and Europe. There is western europe, which is close to scandanavia and south europe politically, there is Balkans and there is north eastern Europe mostly still under Russian influence, even those in EU. | Fondation EurActiv-Politech. Dear Mehmet, As a European, I have nothing against Turkey’s Islamic identity, and agree with Obama when he sees the positives for diversity. The preceding is therefore called, in good American parlance, jawboning – “to influence by persuasion” (usually in domains where direct power is limited or, as in this case, nonexistent). It has suffered from repeated bouts of intervention by its military from 1960 to 1997 but democracy has triumphed and Turkey has developed into a significant regional power.

After the ten founding members, Turkey was one of the first countries to become a member of the Council of Europe in 1949. The country is between the west and the east. Turkey is negotiating its accession to the European Union (EU) as a member state, following its application to accede to the European Economic Community, the predecessor of the EU, on 14 April 1987. Yahoo fait partie de Verizon Media. East Thrace, the part of Turkey in Europe, is separated from Anatolia by the Sea of Marmara, the Bosporusand the Dardanelles(collectively called the Turkish Straits). Turkey has played a delicate but broadly speaking pro western game for the last 20-30 years but in just the last few years it has shown an increasing willingness to get involved in Middle Eastern affairs. Enough is enough. I honestly only see my mother side relatives looks like europen mind and some of them already settled in France,U.S. France already has such a problem with the size of its growing Muslim population that it distorts its politics. We’ve long known Turkey for its troop-contributing potential as NATO’s second largest army, but, as Dr. Bahadir Kaleagasi, TUSIAD (Turkey’s Industrial Association) representative in Brussels said recently, “Turkey is either – or both – the northernmost country of the South or the southernmost country of the North.” Kaleagasi didn’t need to refer to Turkey’s ongoing mediation efforts between Israel and Syria (nor its attempts to get Hamas legitimated), but he did talk about Turkey’s position vis a vis Iran: “the Turkish-Iranian border is unchanged since medieval times, one of the world’s most ancient.” Interesting prospect, as the West enlists Turkey’s help in its efforts in the multiple regional challenges – Palestine/Israel, Iran, Afghanistan, and “Af/Pak.”. Frank called for Wolfowitz to resign. It is nothing more than a fairy tale anymore. All you need to know ahead of Turkey’s referendum. Map of Turkey and its neighbourhood, from the European Commission Enlargement website, “Turkey – Candidate Country Profile.” As in Perpetual Candidate? Or will the process carry on as long as this applies: “Any country that satisfies the conditions for enlargement can submit an application.” The OSCE, by the way, has 56 member states, and the Council of Europe 47.

If someone ask me to explain Turkey with words; they are: Chaos, ironic, anarchist, %70 have the potention of being hard muslims, ironically they have no idea what quran says “in arabic language” and this is the stupid side of this.