Should Turkey be a member of the European or let her live her own fateamong the eastern countries such as iran
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Turkey has been wanting to join the EU for many years but has been prevented from doing so because of it's human rights record.\n\nThe Turkish Government are making some attempts to address this issue and once they succeed the country will be eligible to join the EU although this is likely to be many years away.
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It's sort of debatable... it's like asking if Egypt is part of Africa or part of the Middle East. The answer, truthfully, would be "both."\n\nHowever, I would say that Turkey is more a part of Europe than it is part of the Middle East. Their customs, ambitions, and laws have always resembled Europe more (especially in the regions east and north of Ankara).
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probaly Iran,almost any mid-east country,,North Korea,,,but I think we should just bring all the troops home,,park them around the country's borders,,place the Navy on the east and west coast oceans,,,and worry about our own country,,most of those third world countrys don't like us, don't want us there,,so lets get out,,let them kill each other off for what ever dumb religious reason they have, but thats just my opinion
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Well... in my opinion, it's a very difficult decision to make. Azeris pretty much hate Armenians... passionately. The tension between the two groups is similar to the Middle-Ages fear of the Gypsies or the 1920s fear of the Jews (in Germany).\n\nI don't think it would be a wise thing for an Armenian to live in Azerbaijan; I don't think their life would be comfortable at all.\n\nAzerineruh chen siroum hayerin. Yete ourish tegher nayess, kuh tesnes vor sagh Azeri-neruh Hayeroo spaneloo masin en khosoum. It's really sad... and pathetic, if you ask me.\n\nIt's xenophobia. The Azeri government does nothing to educate their people about coexistance and equality. But I'm not going put on the facade of a thick-headed patriot. Armenia's government still has a lot of work to do, itself, to educate all the people of equality, too. Pretty much everyone in that region of the world is highly intolerant. :-(\n\n\nNo, no... Gohar. He (Craig) wasn't hating on the Armenians. I think he was just suggesting that if you want to live in Azerbaijan peacefully... you should think like they do. You should join Islam, hate the Christians, Jews, and everyone else..., and you should hate America with a passion. Turkey should be your lover country and you should really... really... REALLY hate the Jews above all. He's not saying that this is the standard Armenian image; he's saying it's the stereotypical Azeri/Azerbaijani image. They hate the Armenians, Jews, Gypsies, homosexuals, Christians, and America. Above all, they hate the Jews.\n\nIf you want to live in Azerbaijan peacefully and become one with them... you might as well accept their own identity as your own and forget all about ever BEING an Armenian. I know, it's really sad and childish to say... but I don't think the Azerbaijanis will ever accept the Armenians for who they are. If you don't want to be harrassed, don't tell them that you're Armenian (which is a sad thing to see...).\n\nYou never know...; there might be some Azeris who like the Armenians. It's rare and possibly non-existant... but there might still be a possibility that there are some Azeris who ARE tolerant. In the mean time, all I can tell you is... an Armenian in Azerbaijan is not a good thing at all...\n\nIt's the equivalent of putting a mouse in front of a snake. :-(\n\nYete oozoomes khosas, email me.
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I think Tukey is playing it's cards pretty well balancing between the EU and the Arabic world. Still I think they should be more carefull because Turkey does not have lots of supporters in the European parliament.
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It has more potential than any other country in the region.\n\n- Muslim illegals are mostly from Iraq and Afghanistan that are screwed up by some of the EU member states and their allies. They should be hold responsible for those unfortunate people seeking asylum. Turkey is just a passage for them, just like Greece, Italy, Austria. Do you expect Iraqis to travel to Europe through Japan or New Zealand?\n\n- Turkey has been home to many cultures that shaped today's Europe. Racially, about 1/4th of the Turks are grandchildren of Muslim Europeans who were displaced by the Christian Balkan states after WWI. They were not necessarily Turks, they were Muslims fleeing from the Christian atrocity. My grandfather is one of them, he is Romanian, and grandmother is Bosnian. They seeked asylum from Turkey, they learned the language, acquired Turkish names and became Turkish after they migrated.\n\nWhole Balkans were Turkish states for about 5-6 centuries (20-25 generations). Maybe you're not aware but Turkish culture has left a lot of traces in Europe. They didn't enforce religion onto the citizens, so we still have Christian faith on Balkans, with some Christian Turks as well.\n\nSome other facts you don't know about Turkey's potential:\n- Economy growing at about 7% vs 2.5% in EU.\n- 17th most industrialized country in the world.\n- 17th largest economy in 2006. It was the 26th in 2002, only 4 years ago.\n- Young educated population. Oversupply of engineers, doctors etc. Many work abroad as there are not enough jobs in Turkey. On the contrary many European economies depend on foreign workforce.\n- Secular democracy. No kings, no queens, no imams or monks as the head of state.\n- There are already about 5 million Turks living in Europe (not counting the 8 million in the European part of Turkey).\n- They have overcome the hyperinflation (70-100%) that screwed up the economy between 1970-2000. Now it is around 5-6%. Bad days are over.\n- 30% arable land. Arable whole year due to its climate and has enough water.\n- Strategically positioned. Energy hub to Central Asia and Middle East. Holding the 2 straits to Black Sea.\n- It is as big as France and England put together. Size matters. \n- Excellent private medical services, free public education (inc uni)\n- Healthy family & social structure. Don't have 12 year old single mothers. Doesn't have binge drinking and drug addicts.  Doesn't have high rates of divorces and single mothers. It has steadily growing population.\n- Low crime rates (lower than UK et al.)\n- Lots of natural resources, beautiful country, great food & fun loving people.\n- Many Turks will return back to her once the economy gets better... \n\nDo you really think we enjoy living in north Europe? It is all about money.
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Unlikely, \njoining the EU, to them would mean they would have to concede they killed the albanains years, ago \nwhich to them is like an insult to their nation
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Iran should be able to have nuclear energy. If the US is giving it to others then it should go both ways. There should be no room for hypocrisy.
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Hi I have been living in Iran as a christian for the rest of my life. Iran is a great country. The image that they have represented to the world has been false. There are some obligations regarding to the law.women should wear scarfs in the streets but not like the ones which are wearing the arab muslims. Girls are so fashionable the scarfs are coming in different colors such as pink blue...\n The girls should wear the same scarfs in the school. Every year 65 percent of the ones who are entering the university are women. They are occupying some high ranking jobs in the society. There are police patrols with the new mercedes benz cars  everywhere and I could tell that the traffic is Irans worst part.\n I'll be glad to tell you more.
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Good question, from now on I will write it as Turkiye and not Turkey, when appropriate offcourse. As far as the world changing it to Turkiye, well that probably won't ever happen.
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I agree with you... Let the women choose what they would or wouldn't like... I am planning to visit Turkey and maybe get the picture of what's going on there first hand... I was shocked for the first time some years back when watching news... A lady who was a member of the Turkish parliament entered wearing Hijab... and all the men and other people there stood up raising their voices angrily asking her to remove her Hijab or else leave the session... It was indeed very rude... And she was defiant of neither removing her hijab nor leaving the session... Imagine an educated lady going through this... Yes, UAE is a very good example where no one is forced into anything... I have been to the UAE on several occassions and did wear my Hijab... Seeing some people not wearing Hijab did not encourage me to change my mind... It should be about choice...
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Its not in Turkey's hands to join EU or not. Turkey is fighting to join EU for so long but I don't know what EU is thinking.
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People who are from or live in Turkey.
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I probably would not want to live there.\n\nBut.  Iran has to determin what is best for Iran, just like any other country needs to determin what is best for them.  We tend to fan their flames when outside countries try and dictate what happens within their borders.  Just think how angry the people of the United States would get if Canada told us that we had to stop producing Apple Pies or they would invade us.\n\nWhile we may not agree with the leadership of Iran, the people there have decided that it is the type of government that they want and we need to respect that.
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As soon as it meets the economic and social criteria for joining, I think it should. As a laicist state, there is no reason to exclude a dominantly muslim population from joining predominantly christian Europe.\n\nEconomically and historically, all the states on the Mediterranean ought to be considered for inclusion if they want it and if they fulfill the requirements. It might lead to greater stability in the region.
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Turkey's current application has not been denied yet. It has not been given as of yet, because Turkey needs to make many reforms to meet EU requirements, particularly in the area of human rights. Turkey simply does not have the same rights guranteed to all citizens that other EU states have. The site below has some detailed information about why certain people object to Turkey's accession into the EU.
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Turkey should stay independent if she can. We don't want North Europeans rushing into our country and retire here using the public services for free. We don't want the alcoholics, drug addicts, religious fundamentalists, and racists creating anarchy on our streets. Europeans have to prove themselves they'll not walk half naked on the streets, girls won't become mothers at 12 years old, and we need to make sure they know their father's name, single mothers should not be allowed through customs. \n\nMediterraneans are always welcome. Northern Europeans should stay in the boring North... Brrrr....\n\nNO TO EU!