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[boomerang]

i think a fair question to ask...

...this is a non flaming post...put your thoughts/reasons forward as to why not and as to why "yes to" joining....

[SKI-preo]

Yes: cheap uneducated labour for ditch digging.

No. Some EU citizens think Turks are not European and antisocial.

[supporttheunderdog]

coz its better to have them on the inside Pissing out than on the outside pissing in....

Personally I think that the way Turkey is at present they'll piss on the rest of the EU whether they are in or out.

[vaughanwilliams]

With Syria looking like it may go the way of Tunisia, Egypt and probably Libya, Turkey makes a nice buffer on the EU's border. At a long stetch of the imagination, Turkey could join those ranks and it's what they may end up as which is the great unknown. Gaddafi might be a bastard, but up 'till now at least he has been our bastard.

[antifon]

With Syria looking like it may go the way of Tunisia, Egypt and probably Libya, Turkey makes a nice buffer on the EU's border. At a long stetch of the imagination, Turkey could join those ranks and it's what they may end up as which is the great unknown. Gaddafi might be a bastard, but up 'till now at least he has been our bastard.

Not that long really!

[fig head]

If Turkey joined the EU would be a great benifit to the Muslim world... away from the Cyprus conflict with Turkey i want them to join the EU

well it is arrogancy to believe they are cheap labour and uneducated (surprising enough i met more uneducated european than Turks)

Turkey as a country is amazing and beautiful, some of the people there are quite mind controled by religioun but the most arent... if you want to know what imean GO ON A HOLIDAY

[supporttheunderdog]

I have been to Turkey on holiday and loved the place: the majority of Turks I have met both there and elsewhere have been charming and intelligent, but I still think Turkey needs very substantial reform to be suitable for EU membership.

[halil]

For decades, Turkey has been told it was not ready to join the
European Union - that it was too backward economically to qualify for
membership in the now 27-nation club.
That argument may no longer hold.
Today, Turkey is a fast-rising economic power, with a core of internationally competitive companies that are turning the youthful nation into an entrepreneurial hub, tapping cash-rich export markets in Russia and the Middle East while attracting billions of investment dollars in return.

For many in aging and debt-weary Europe, which will be lucky to eke out a
little more than 1 percent growth this year, Turkey's economic renaissance
- last week it reported a stunning 11.4 percent expansion for the first
quarter, second only to China - poses a completely new question: who needs the other one more - Europe or Turkey?

more to read from below link
http://www.gab-ibn.com/IMG/pdf/Tr11-_Tu ... _Power.pdf

[B25]

Halil, if your turkey is so great, get all your turks in Cyprus and piss off over the water and enjoy their economy.

You BS propoganda doesn't wash here.

We need turkey in EU like we need a rash on our P....S.

[antifon]

For decades, Turkey has been told it was not ready to join the
European Union - that it was too backward economically to qualify for
membership in the now 27-nation club.
That argument may no longer hold.
Today, Turkey is a fast-rising economic power, with a core of internationally competitive companies that are turning the youthful nation into an entrepreneurial hub, tapping cash-rich export markets in Russia and the Middle East while attracting billions of investment dollars in return.

For many in aging and debt-weary Europe, which will be lucky to eke out a
little more than 1 percent growth this year, Turkey's economic renaissance
- last week it reported a stunning 11.4 percent expansion for the first
quarter, second only to China - poses a completely new question: who needs the other one more - Europe or Turkey?

more to read from below link
http://www.gab-ibn.com/IMG/pdf/Tr11-_Tu ... _Power.pdf

Read this first [2nd link], a good summary of all those reasons that keep Turkey away from Europe. Number one reason imho: its people's eastern mentality with no real understanding of what DEMOCRACY is & their inability to assess the realities:

Turkey being emotional and sensitive and the EU being factual and realistic
http://antifon.blogspot.com/2011/03/tur ... itive.html

2010 progress report on Turkey | European Parliament | Wednesday, 9 March 2011 - Strasbourg
http://antifon.blogspot.com/2011/03/201 ... opean.html

We are happy to see you make financial strides forward. It was about time. You may want to consider whether you are building on sand though.