02-09-2005 15:19									#1
	Turkey (So Long & Goodnight) Support Apolyton

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/Display...tion=middleeast

quote: Turkey will abandon EU if faces new conditions: Gul (AP) 2 September 2005 ANKARA - Turkey will abandon its bid to join the European Union if the EU imposes new conditions or tries to offer Ankara a relationship that falls short of full membership, its foreign minister was quoted on Friday as saying. “Should they (the EU) propose anything short of full membership or any new conditions, we will walk away. And this time it will be for good,” The Economist magazine quoted Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul as saying. “No one should expect Turkey to make any concessions this time. We have stuck to our side of the bargain, the EU should stick to theirs,” Gul said. Turkey is due to start EU entry talks on Oct. 3 but the 25-nation bloc must first approve a negotiating mandate. Gul was due to meet EU foreign ministers on Friday in Wales during talks dominated by Ankara’s membership bid. Tension rose between Turkey and the EU after Ankara said on Thursday it would not open its ports and airports to EU member Cyprus, a move the union said breached its EU customs pact. EU foreign ministers, meeting in Wales, agreed in principle to send a firm response to Turkey’s refusal to recognise Cyprus but did not call into question the planned Oct. 3 start of membership talks, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said.

after managing to get away from having to solve the Cyprus occupation issue in order to start membership talks, Turkey now wants to get away with not recognizing Cyprus (something that the EU has given them a whole year to comply to)....

	02-09-2005 15:21									#2
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	02-09-2005 15:25									#3
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and Chirac acts like a coward

quote: Chirac has twice urged Turkey to clarify its stance on Cyprus and has asked it to offer assurances that it will carry out all its commitments to the EU, but he has also made clear Paris will not block the start of the accession talks. Chirac backed the EU's decision last December to invite Turkey to start entry talks but now appears determined to show he has taken account of French public opinion, which has swung strongly against Turkey's entry bid.

"we believe turkey should recognize cyprus but if they dont, we're not going to be the ones to veto.
hey, let's hope someone else does it for us"

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/new...RKEY-FRANCE.xml

	02-09-2005 15:30									#4
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If the EU was serious about Turkey they wouldn't have allowed or put up with Cyprus' rejection of the deal. The Turks should have put the Greek Cypriots to the sword, one can never trust Greeks. Troy was merely an early example of Greek perfidy.

	02-09-2005 15:30									#5
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if we remember the fact that greek cypriots rejected the peace treaty, I don't think that turkey is the problem.

	02-09-2005 15:32									#6
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Gul? What role play the Cardassians here?

	02-09-2005 15:33									#7
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Well, it's a club, if you don't meet the requirements, it's ta-ta.

	02-09-2005 15:35									#8
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quote: Originally posted by Az if we remember the fact that greek cypriots rejected the peace treaty, I don't think that turkey is the problem.

given the use of the term "peace treaty" it's clear what your knowledge on the issue is....

	02-09-2005 15:37									#9
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quote: Originally posted by Sikander Troy was merely an early example of Greek perfidy.

if we hadnt stopped the Persians in Marathon you would be speaking Iranian now....

	02-09-2005 15:39									#10
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no, we would speak Russian now, or Nazi, and we still talk Swedish so.. what I suggest for you people to do is start learning Finnish very soon, because that's the only language allowed and if you don't know it, you are subjected to life in prison. By my orders.

	02-09-2005 15:42									#11
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why would i want to learn a language that nobody in the entire world understands ?

	02-09-2005 15:43									#12
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and when you all speak english so well.

	02-09-2005 15:49									#13
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quote: if we hadnt stopped the Persians in Marathon you would be speaking Iranian now

Still waiting for some African tribe to claim that if they hadn't stopped that lion, none of us would be alive today.

	02-09-2005 15:51									#14
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My gut feeling is that I don't want Turkey joining the EU. I don't want it to become to large, at least not in its current forum. And after being to the european parlament in Strasbourg I can't say i'm getting more optimistic about the whole european union.

	02-09-2005 15:54									#15
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quote: Originally posted by Zulu Elephant Still waiting for some African tribe to claim that if they hadn't stopped that lion, none of us would be alive today.

dont you cut my smillies from my quotes!

	02-09-2005 16:01									#16
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quote: dont you cut my smillies from my quotes!

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Great, Turkey will get in EU before us!

*shoots himself*

	02-09-2005 16:13									#18
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We'll gladly take Turkey in.

	02-09-2005 16:16									#19
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turkey for dinner
turkey in the eu

	02-09-2005 16:20									#20
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Turkish ladies taking refuge at Ted Striker's house

	02-09-2005 16:45									#21
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quote: Originally posted by BeBro Gul? What role play the Cardassians here?

	02-09-2005 20:39									#22
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And good riddance.

	02-09-2005 20:40									#23
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Well, at least it'll mean thaat the EU will stop awkwardly avoiding the Turkey issue. If we can piss the Turks enough that they don't want to join us anymore, it will please many Europeans without even traumatizing the European diplomats.

	02-09-2005 20:41									#24
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quote: Originally posted by BeBro Gul? What role play the Cardassians here?

damn I wanted to make this joke!

	02-09-2005 20:44									#25
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Can't you guys force out Greece and Portugal too so that you could be entirely comprised of first-world countries?

	02-09-2005 20:46									#26
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A country refusing to admit genocide against Armenia and invading a european country with no intention to go away has no place in the EU

Turks out

	02-09-2005 20:47									#27
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Don't forget Italy.

	02-09-2005 20:49									#28
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quote: Originally posted by Kontiki Can't you guys force out Greece and Portugal too so that you could be entirely comprised of first-world countries?

Portugal is actually making rapid economic progress.

	02-09-2005 20:53									#29
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quote: Originally posted by Spiffor Portugal is actually making rapid economic progress.

Yes, and Ethiopia posted an 11% growth rate in 2004.

	02-09-2005 21:03									#30
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At the rate things are going France will be 3rd world too pretty soon...