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[paliometoxo]

so why does turkey waste time begging and trying to threaten for eu why not back out now and say f off we have other ways to legitimise trnc we dont need eu? why waste time and money?

[yialousa1971]

No room for south cyprus this Eid and next Ramadan. Ports are closed to that illegal country.

As-Salami Alaykum!

[Oracle]

Sorry .... absolutely no more room in the EU-stomach for Turkey!



EU deplores Turkey's failure to treat Cyprus properly

(AFP) – 1 day ago

BRUSSELS — European foreign ministers criticised Turkey on Tuesday for failing to deal normally with Cyprus and opted to keep the brakes on Ankara's attempt to join the European Union.

While Turkey avoided any fresh sanctions and the EU nations welcomed progress on some minority issues, there was overall disappointment at Ankara's failure to treat EU nation Cyprus in a "good neighbourly" way.

The statement came after Turkey missed an EU deadline to do something about the Cyprus problem.

The EU text, hammered out during two days of talks between the ministers, left little doubt that the 2006 decision to freeze parts of the accession talks with Turkey could be beefed up if progress is not forthcoming.

That year the 27 EU nations froze eight of the 35 policy chapters which each EU candidate nation must successfully negotiate prior to membership over Turkey's failure to open its ports and airports to Cyprus.

Turkey refuses to do so arguing that the European Union has failed to keep its promises to ease the international isolation of the breakaway Turkish Cypriots.

The process has also been slowed down by opposition from some EU members, notably France and Germany, which argue that the populous and relatively poor Muslim-majority country should be given a special status rather than membership.

The message to Turkey "strikes the right balance", between acknowledging progress and criticising failures, said EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn.

The setting up of a Russian-Turkish "privileged partnership" would be seen in some quarters as a response to the lukewarm attitude of the Europeans.

[paliometoxo]

but they did make it clear they wont budge on the subject until the so called isolations in the north cy are lifted..

kind of like we will recognise roc if he world recognises trnc? this way they will end up with nothing.

turkey refuses.. turkey loses eu.. eu doesent let turkey sit on eu land when there is no chance of her joining eu,.. turkey = *****ed

[Oracle]

Oh dear! Turkey refusing to believe it's been frozen out of the EU ....

Angered Turkey demands visa-free travel to EU's Schengen area

Turkey has faced several obstacles in its EU accession bid

Turkey says it wants the European Union to drop visa restrictions on its citizens seeking to travel to the bloc after restrictions for three other non-EU countries were lifted Saturday.

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu says the country deserves to have visa restrictions against it dropped by the EU after Serbian, Montenegrin and Macedonian citizens were granted visa-free travel rights to the Schengen area.

Davutoglu said the visa waiver should be granted despite little progress being made with Brussels on Ankara's EU membership aspirations.

"It's unacceptable that certain Balkan countries that are in the initial stages of the membership process and have not begun negotiations have been given the Schengen privilege, while Turkey, considering the level that Turkish-EU relations have reached, has not," Davutoglu said at a news conference.

"We will follow this closely from now on," he said, according to the state-run Anatolian news agency.

Citizens of the 25 signatory countries to the Schengen Agreement are allowed to cross into other Schengen countries without a visa. The exceptions are Bulgaria, Cyprus, Romania, Liechtenstein, Ireland and the UK, which have not - or only partly - implemented the agreement yet.

Davutoglu had previously criticized the EU plans to lift visa restrictions for Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia, while keeping them for Muslim majority Bosnia-Herzegovina and Albania.

"The way it's being done by the EU is giving the wrong signals," a Turkish Foreign Ministry official said.

Predominantly Muslim Turkey, a country of 71 million, has hit several roadblocks in its EU accession bid. The EU has frozen several aspects of talks Ankara over its failure to open its port and airports with EU member Cyprus, with which Turkey has a strained history and continued military presence in the north of the divided island.


http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5040858,00.html

[YFred]

Wait and see what happens after the next election in Turkey dear woman. When the Turkish publics gives the 2 finger salute to eu and see the eu bend over quicker than the GC Army in 74 to accommodate the Turks wishes.

[Oracle]

Thanks to our roving reporter with his ear to the ground and his **** in the air, blowing bubbles.

Perhaps you need to inform Davutoglu before he has a stroke!

[YFred]

Thanks to our roving reporter with his ear to the ground and his **** in the air, blowing bubbles.

Perhaps you need to inform Davutoglu before he has a stroke!

No doubt speaking form experince of such a position dearest. It must be very familiar to you to describe it so well an all.
You are an absolute witch. Careful where you park your broom stick old girl, it's rather dangerous.

[Get Real!]

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[Expatkiwi]

Thanks to our roving reporter with his ear to the ground and his **** in the air, blowing bubbles.

Perhaps you need to inform Davutoglu before he has a stroke!

No doubt speaking form experince of such a position dearest. It must be very familiar to you to describe it so well an all.
You are an absolute witch. Careful where you park your broom stick old girl, it's rather dangerous.

She'd probably be one heck of a quiddich player...