Turkish Foreign Policy and Regional Geopolitics

[hyperman]

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Ofc, he's lying.

I don't think Turkey cares about joining the EU. They would never let Turkey in regardless, and certainly not without Turkey giving up Cyprus, which is not worth it.

 

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[Ravenman]

What would be the benefits of joining the EU?

- You must obey their sanction-policy (against Russia, Iran, Syria, Iraq, Cuba, Venezuela, Belarus etc)
- You must obey their budgetary rules (max 3% deficit of the BBP)
- You must obey their fiscale rules
- You must obey their LGBT-and genderpolicy in domestic politics
- You must obey their counterterrorism policy (Hamas are terrorists, but PKK are freedomfighters)
- You must obey the rules of the European courts
- You must recognize South-Cyprus and all the Greek claims in the Aegean
- You must obey their China-policy (rejecting Chinese investments)
- You must obey their Israel policy (condemning Palestinian resistance, acknowledging Israel's right of selfdefence etc)

What are the benefits?

- The Euro replacing the Lira
- Free trade and ervices with all EU-members
- Free travel to all EU-members (Schengen)
- Custom Union membership with all partners (Norway, Switserland etc)

In my opinion it is not worth. The only ones in Turky who will be happy, are the secular crypto-Greeks of of the Agean coast and the Kurdish orang-oetans from the east because they can travel without visa to work there and make vlogs for likes and subscribes.