Turkey - EU

Reader comment on item: Symposium: Turkey: The Road to Sharia?
in response to reader comment: eu does't deserve turkey

Submitted by Ozcan Erdonmez (Netherlands), Jul 23, 2006 at 02:52

As a liberal Turk myself, I urge the EU to stop negotiations with Turkey, it would be a disaster. Turkish people by and large are very similar to those in the Middle East. Our people are far from being enlightened. Anti-semitism and extreme hatred of non-Muslims is very common among Turks. I could write a whole book to prove my point, but I'll leave it here. No to Islamofascists in enlightened Europe !

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