Originally Posted by
ati87
This is what it comes down to...''the people in Turkey aren't Christian''. Let me burst a bubble, their isn't a European culture.
But you know what, at least the Turkish government isn't ruled by it's religion compared to most of the EU countries. In Turkey the separation of religion and state is absolute and only in recent years the restrictions have been lessened but not in any governing way.
The issues the politicians from different countries have is different though. They would all gladly accept any benefits that Turkey may bring (even those that are anti-turkey) but they don't really want to pay for it, that's why you often see the politicians from different countries suggest ''a special partner-ship'' between the EU countries and Turkey. Recently the same thing is being shouted by the government of the UK, some people would gladly benefit from being a member of the EU but at the same time they don't really want to pay for the potential benefits.
If the EU is going to reject Turkey it should be based on facts and not numbers pulled out of somebody's ass (like most of the ''facts'' stated in this topic).