Turkey gives the finger to Europe:
"In the 1990s, the EU was a giant organisation governed by prominent leaders," said leading columnist Mehmet Ali Birand. "Today it has become a fat midget that lacks perspective and is governed by small-thinkers."...
Turkey was recalibrating its external ties and the EU was but one part of the equation, Dr Keyman said. "Membership should not be seen just as a gift to Turkey. There are benefits for Europe, too."
Semih Idiz, a foreign affairs columnist, goes further: "The EU is off the radar. It has confirmed Turkey's worst expectations. At present, it's an irrelevancy."...
The idea of Turkey hooking up with the European Union is like one of those funny you-tube videos showing a deer getting it on with a hunting dog. Or something. Like a hamburger for breakfast, some things just don't go together.
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