Enlargement

[Gregz]

Kubik

Ignore these European simpletons. They dislike the Turks because your people are a Asiatic peoples who predominately practice Islam. I think well of both your peoples attainments and your culture. The Turks have always been a progressive peoples.

We must both endeavor to put our own houses in order. The European established are corrupt and place there own interests above that of there citizens. Europe is also insecure and suffers terrible from subversion. Their are certain parallels between Turkey and Europe in this regard.

I am aware of the anti-European rhetoric being disseminated both within and at Turkey. These people are intent on promoting division between our peoples and are promoting a agenda hostile to ours.

Europe is much larger and more influential than Turkey. Europe would dominate any cultural political alliance between our nations. However Turkey's entry in to Europe would also change Europe. In time Turkey would become a powerful and dynamic secular European state.

I fail to see how this is such a bad thing.
What are the Turkish peoples concerns about Europe?

Gregz


"The unapparent connection is more powerful than the apparent one." - Hippolytus

[C-Force]

Are the ten new countries going to switch to the euro? I hope not, I like the different money.

[Tavaros_the_Greek]

well,I was thinking the same way, 2 years ago before the establishment of Euro-coin...but after a few months of using Euro, I completely changed my mind...trust me,the fact of using every day the same coin with many other millions of people around the Euro-continent is a great feeling....

and still Euros are different for every nation....the coins in one side are the same,and in the other have a "signature" of every nation.....I have (except Greek of course),German euro coins,French,Portuguese,Spanish.....and the Germans,or the French or the Dutch people have Greek coins,etc....through tourism or bussinesses,the coins of every country are spreading all over the continent.....you are holding a Finish Euro coin in Greece,and you are trying to imagine all the way from Finland to Greece that this coin has made,and all the people that passed through...thats why is a great feeling,and this really unites strongly the European nations....

you ll see that very soon the new EU countries will join the Euro coin....after all,this will help their economy a lot,their tourism,everything.

[Marcelle]

Turks that I know are pretty much split 50/50.
The Euro is very good for tourism from US and Canada esp.
It made my stay in Germany much more...smooth.

[Kubik]

Gregz,
As Marcelle summarized it, half the peeps would be happy to be part of the union. The other half has fears of losing independence, in a way. That happens with a country that used to be big and strong but then collapsed and almost annihilated by the surrounding countries and then regained independence losing millions of its people. Otherwise I don't think that the majority of that 50%'s anti-EU sentiment is something more than French's anxiety for Disneyland built in their country, fearing that it'll degenerate their national values.
As for your question "What's wrong with it": Nothing... I wrote in the first place and I repeat, I would be happier if my country catches that development with its own resources, even the odds, and if they still want to be part of a union then try it.
Regs.

[Marcelle]

Originally posted by Kubik
Gregz,
As Marcelle summarized it, half the peeps would be happy to be part of the union. The other half has fears of losing independence, in a way. That happens with a country that used to be big and strong but then collapsed and almost annihilated by the surrounding countries and then regained independence losing millions of its people. Otherwise I don't think that the majority of that 50%'s anti-EU sentiment is something more than French's anxiety for Disneyland built in their country, fearing that it'll degenerate their national values.
As for your question "What's wrong with it": Nothing... I wrote in the first place and I repeat, I would be happier if my country catches that development with its own resources, even the odds, and if they still want to be part of a union then try it.
Regs.

Slm,
lmao with the French/Disneyland connection
I personally think that if Turkey joins the EU alot of her beauty will disappear.

[Tavaros_the_Greek]

Originally posted by Marcelle
Turks that I know are pretty much split 50/50.
The Euro is very good for tourism from US and Canada esp.
It made my stay in Germany much more...smooth.

yep,its true,Euro has helped a lot the tourism of European countries....there are EU countries which after the establishment of Euro,they had increase in their tourism more than 100%!