Viewpoint wrote:I disagree with your imaginary scenarios of doom and gloom as you are a person who hates Turkey to core and will always be anti anything they do, can you quote the economic growth rate of Turkey for the first 3 months of this year in comparison to the rest of the world?
First of all, I'm in favour of Turkey becoming a EU member, so that blows your my so called "hate Turkey" claim. I have probably been to Turkey more times than you have, as well as having lived there for two years as a child. Obviously, Turkey can ONLY become a EU member once Turkey is willing to accept European (western) values and not the values of the 16th century Ottomans.
All third world countries have a large "growth rate", but those countries still remains poor, so don't mix growth rates of 3rd world and developing world's economies with economic growth with developed countries. You are mixing oranges and lemons. There are many large foreign companies which operate in Turkey, such as in the automobile sector, using the Turkish cheap labour to build them, then send these expensive cars out of Turkey to be sold in Europe or other parts of the developed world for a large profit. Sure the growth is seen to be in Turkey, but the large profits get sent out of the country, leaving the average Turks struggling to make a living, which the majority cannot even afford to buy meat at 35-45 Turkish Liras per Kilo, not suprising when your average Turk barely makes more than that amount in a good days work. Petrol is the most expensive anywhere I know at close to 4.5 TL per liter, far more than what it is here in Switzerland (3.5 TL per litre equivalent), where your average Swiss workers earn 5-10 times more than your average Turk.
Viewpoint wrote:You have to face reality the EU have done nothing with regards to Turkeys reluctance to implement the Ankara Protocol because they find truth in what Turkey is claiming that the EU not only let the TCs down for their YES vote but also did not keep the promises given to Turkey behind the scenes prior to the GC entry into the EU. You can make up doom and gloom stories all you want as we all know this is your illness but to date nothing you have claimed has actually panned out, Turkeys economy grows stronger she is a regional power and looked upto democracy in the Muslim world.
First of all, even if the EU promised the TCs the world for them to vote a "YES" on the AP, this has absolutely nothing to do with Turkey's agreement with the "Ankara Agreements" for her EU membership obligations, so stop making the same tired excuses as Turkey makes. Just what were these so called "behind the scenes" agreements the EU made to Turkey prior to the RoC becoming a EU member in 2004 ? Turkey's desperation are beginning to surface as she is forced to paint herself into a corner at one stroke at a time. She will eventually run out of space and become cornered with no way out that give in. It is only matter of time. As for Turkey being a regional power, it's also a joke. Such power would not be requesting an apology from Israel for the deaths of her citizens on the high seas. She would instead make the3m pay for it. RoC now holds more regional political power than Turkey does as a EU member state. That must piss Turkey off big time to kingdom come. As for the rest of the corrupted Arab nations looking up to Turkey's so called Democracy as a form of admiration is hardly an endorsement of Turkey's so called Democracy. It is a kind of an insult really more than anything else.
Viewpoint wrote:Never under estimate Turkey as you did in 1974 she is always much better when under pressure and will pull the cat of the bag once again to squeeze the GCs into a corner which she is doing right now, all she has to do now is announce the gradual opening of Maras and then you will see the GCs running for cover.
No one said Turkey is not her worse enemy when it comes to International diplomacy screw-ups. She can most definitely make things worse for herself by meddling with Verosha. She thinks that is a sign of strength, but in reality, is a sign of self destruction. Let her do her worse, because it will only end up hurting her, the Turkish people, and the TCs.
The official Turkish humor machine
How soon honorable ministers, did you say would Turkey become a full member? Oh, did you, by the way, say that the European Union blocked our well-deserved membership because of Cyprus? Ah, the official humor machine again!
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php? ... 2011-07-14
Turkey is not the only fruit. If she were then you would have a point. The Zurich agreement and its constitution along with TCs are your problem or it would have been over long ago!!
