Why is GREECE  allowed to be independent when it BELONGS to TURKEY!?
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They belong to Turkey as much as George Bush thinks that Iraki Oil belongs to him! Get a clue.
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You wouldn't by chance be from Greece? :-)
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They're going to join the European Union soon, aren't they?  All I really know is that half of Turkey seems to be in Germany these days ... and that the British are busy buying property all along a very pretty coastline ... there!  That's my knowledge of present day Turkey ... :)
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Not surprising considering how competitive the European Zone is. Turkey were beaten by Switzerland in one of the playoffs for last 3 European Zone spots.\nRemember also European Champions Greece failed to qualify.
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Go to this site and follow the links !!!!!!!!!!!!\n\nThe Republic of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye)listen (help·info); , is a bicontinental country located mainly in the Anatolian peninsula, with 3% of its territory located in the Balkan region of Southeastern Europe. Turkey borders eight countries: Greece and Bulgaria to the northwest; Georgia, Armenia and the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhichevan and to the northeast; Iran (Persia) to the east; and Iraq and Syria to the south. The Republic of Turkey is a democratic laic constitutional republic, whose political system was established in 1923. Turkey is a member state of the United Nations, NATO, OSCE, OECD, OIC and the Council of Europe. In October 2005, the European Union opened accession negotiations with Ankara.\n\nTurkey straddles the Bosphorus straits that separate Southwest Asia from Southeast Europe. Anatolia is situated between the Black Sea on the north and the Mediterranean Sea to south, with the Aegean Sea and Marmara Sea (both branches of the Mediterranean) to the west. Some geographers consider Turkey to be, also a part of Europe due to certain cultural, political and historical characteristics. Because of its geographical position between Europe and Asia and three seas, Turkey has been a historical crossroads, the homeland of and battleground between several great civilizations, and a centre of commerce.\n\nContents [hide]\n1 History \n2 Politics \n2.1 Legal System \n2.2 Foreign Relations \n3 Military \n4 Geography \n5 Economy \n5.1 Agriculture \n5.2 Industrial sector \n5.3 Service sector \n5.4 Tourism sector \n5.5 Financial sector \n5.6 Natural resources \n5.7 Employment \n6 Society \n6.1 Demographics \n6.2 Education \n6.3 Culture \n6.4 Religion \n7 Images of Turkiye \n8 Miscellaneous Topics \n9 References \n10 External links
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I would hope not.  Kosovo is a province of Serbia that is mainly populated by Albanians.  The Western powers directed military power to stop the persecution of the Albanians by the Serbians.  By recognizing Kosovo as an independent country, it would send a wrong statement to other people who want their own independence because they are the majority in a certain geological area of an established country.  Should Arizona be recognized as an independent country because the majority of the population are Mexicans or Indians as opposed to "Americans"?  Should another country bomb Arizona to free the Mexicans/Indians and then give them the state to be their own?  I would think not.
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because each country has its own rules and laws and its own way of running things, like different types of governments. Democracy, Republic, Dictatorship and so on. Also because some countries arent open to the public (they don't want people coming in or maybe going out) in the long run there are many reasons
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The Greek Turkish conflicts go back to the 1400's when the Ottoman turks invaded Greeks (under the Eastern Roman Empire aka Byzantine)and many ethnic conlficts since. \n\nIn Cyprus, the problem has to do with Cyprus (A Greek island, but autonomous from the Greek nation) having an ethnic Turkish minority. When the island was having revolts and many wanted to unify with Greece Turkey feared for the Turkish minority. In 1974 Turkey attacked the island and occupies even till today illegally 1/3 of the island! \n\nMost Greeks were made refugees in their own country and had to flee to the south side of the island. Many were killed, and many are missing even today. The Turkish invasion plan was a complete disaster, because it destroyed a lot of people and towns, villages, people, and infrastructure was firebombed and many were destroyed/killed.\n\n Following the invasion which the UN to this day does nothing, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus was set up, which is internationally recognized only by the Turkish Republic and Azerbaijan. The Turkish government sent settlers into the territory to "Turkify" it and it has only made a bad situation worse to resolve.  The occupied side of Cyprus is a huge cost to Turkey, it is very underdeveloped and poor unlike the other side which is prospering. Although Turkish nationalists will disagree, even a Turkish member of the Foreign Ministry has admitted that it is a mistake to me privately. \n\nSo there is the dispute in Cyprus, the island has been divided for 31 years over an illegal invasion, which the whole world has sat back and done nothing about, and with every year that has past the situation only got more difficult to resolve.
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Greenland belongs to no one but Greenland.\nIts an independent nation.\nim not laughing\nhonest
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A 56 percent majority of world citizens are opposed to globalization, believing that it creates more problems than it solves. Among Greeks, 72 percent of the respondents are in agreement with that opinion. Thus the Greek people can be said to be anti-globalization  by a wide majority.\n\nThere is also a strong streak of radical left wing politics in Greece which has long been virulently Anti-American and has now added anti-globalization as a natural continuation.\n\nMuch of the anti-globalization sentiment comes from the fact that Greece is a tiny country with a language that spoken by almost no one outside of Greece other than Greek immigrants. It is easy for Greeks to view their culture as being potentially swamped by globalization.\n\nThe Greek government is a bit more level headed about the issue and understands that Greece needs integration into the world economy, the adoption of international standards, and cooperation with international bodies.
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I am a Greek, Brought up in Athens and I can most certainly testify that Greek schooling and general attitude during the 80's was against the ottomans and the muslims in General.  Not many Greeks I know are particularly friendly towards muslims. This is normal and natural.  Greece is the natural border of christian europe and has defended the continent from muslim invasions for eons.  Hellenic nationals had to stick together for many years and cope with a lot of misery. It was because of xenophobia, racism and a sense of superiority that Greece and its people survived as a nation through the wars and the attempted systematic extermination of our ideals and genetic and cultural identity.  It was Kisinger him self that famously said that the 'Greeks are difficult to tame and we shall dilute the glue that holds them together'.     What people need to realise is that Iran and Greece has something very very very much in common they are both pelasgian tribes of the original white race.   Yes Iranians are perhaps the most true representations of ARIAN.  What we trully have in common is that our true civilisation has been supressed by two oppresive types of religion Christianity and Islam.  The brightest Iranian and Hellenic minds have been enslaved with dogmatic oppressive thought suppresing cultural viruses - religion.   The rulers of this planet are SOO HAPPY when pelasgian populations fight with each other as it guarantees their control.  GROW UP,  OPEN YOUR MIND AND WAKE UP !
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Beacuse Turkey is in EU
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Along with Wales, England and Northern Ireland it is part of the United Kingdom and so it's not an independent country.\n\nA few years ago the people of Wales and Scotland were asked to vote for 'devolution' and in both cases the countries voted for this.  As a result both Wales and Scotland have their own Parliaments although they are restricted in what they can do.  Most major decisions are still made by the UK Parliamant in London.\n\nFor example, only the UK Parliamant can make decisions relating to defence and national security but the Scottish Parliemnt have introduced free higher education in Scotland and one of their most recent decisions enables Scots to receive free eye tests.\n\nMany years ago Scotland was an independent country and to this day there are many Scots who would like this to be the case.  Not least because much of the UK's wealth comes from oil and gas fields found off the coast of Scotland and over the years assests totalling trillions of dollars have left Scotland and gone to the UK as a whole.\n\nThere was fierce fighting between England and Scotland and some of the darkest moments in Scotland's history result from this - the Glencoe Massacre (1692) and the Battle of Culloden (1746) for example.
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There is not an exact answer for this question.. Neither the prejudiced thoughts of the European people about Turkiye(i know it is not said Turkey from now on), which is really strong country (and stronger than many countries in the EU) and which has a huge potential to help the EU in some ways, does not change and supposed to have fascists people living on it, nor a few people who dont want Turkiye in the EU because of the political reasons such as Cyprus, Turkiye doesnt seem to join the EU for 10 years in the future.. If it is thought that in spite of the NASA's experiences, they still fail, there cannot be any big process for Turkiye for going to the space until they join the EU..
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If EU doesn't bug Turkey too much, it may happen. Otherwise I expect Turkey to pull back her application and continue alone or join a Turkic or Muslim alliance or stg similar.\n\n1- It will not happen until Turkey joins EU & Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is recognised.\n\n2- It will not happen unless all (mostly ex colonial powers) countries come together and make a common declaration of all massacres in America, Africa, Australia, Asia, Europe, North Africa, Middle East.. uhm anything left? And it will be declared as Ottoman Empire, as Turkish Government was established after the Ottoman Empire was destroyed. Otherwise we need hold Italians and Greeks reposible for what Roman & Byzantine empire had done. Including nailing Jesus and massacring first Christians in Turkey.\n\n3- This already happened this/last year. Kurdish is officially recognised in media, TV, newspapers. There are a few language classes opened on the South East Anatolia as well.\n\n4- Turkey is a secular country and people can freely follow their religion anyway. New smart-national-ID cards will be issued soon, and they will not have "religion" field on them. Also the citizens will be able to get their religion information deleted from the citizenship registry.\n\nI didn't quite understand why 4th item is an issue though. In UK and many other EU countries they keep asking religion, race etc on every step. Also for the 3rd item, Greece do not accept the existence of Turkish minority, also they destroyed all mosques in Athens and they're rejecting building a Mosque despite many Muslims living in Athens. Why is this dual standard? Even existing EU members are failing to meet EU criteria, why should Turkey do more than them?
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The EU doesn't want Turkey in. If they did, Turkey would have been a member many years ago. \n\nI find it strange that the Eastern European States are entering the EU so easily, while Turkey, a very powerful country, that would add much to the EU, is barred from entry.\n\nI am also surprised that the Turks still want to join the EU, it's such an insult to Turkish Pride, I mean, this IS Turkey afterall, the Ex-Ottoman Empire, being insulted by Europeans who refuse it entry into a regional union. \n\nWhen countries like Slovenia get in so quickly and Turkey is left out like that, I'ld look elsewhere for friends.\n\nEurope is confused and hypocritical.\n\nSad sad sad.
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At some point in the future there should certainly be a referendum on the subject. I'm not altogether sure that independence would be a good thing. Small states tend to get picked on by bully boys. You know who I mean.