Turkey Thread

**Fragony** · 05-23-2016, 05:28

This 'partner' is very rapidly turning into something we don't want, except his goat Chaimbermerkel who is in panick after her historical mistake, 'wir schaffen das' is already the most famous line after 'heil hitler'. Erdogan is playing hardball with a stretched leg and it's not good for modern Turks, and neither is it for us. Erdogan is no fool he knows exactly what he's doing, and he knows exactly what we are.

Prediction: free travel without a visum is going to be intimitating the Turkish community, and harassing everybody who dislikes Erdogan, Turkish maffia getting ground, moving back and forth as they please, the totally invisable grey wolves who are REALLY dangerous getting a free hand.

Europe seems to be kinda trapped in the womb of the childless mutti and the ottoman empire of the sultan.

**Gilrandir** · 05-23-2016, 10:40

Originally Posted by Fragony

Prediction: free travel without a visum is going to be intimitating the Turkish community, and harassing everybody who dislikes Erdogan, Turkish maffia getting ground, moving back and forth as they please, the totally invisable grey wolves who are REALLY dangerous getting a free hand.

As for visa-free traveling - Turkey (as well as Ukraine, btw) seems unlikely to receive it any time soon:
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu...-idUSKCN0YB0Q1

**HopAlongBunny** · 05-23-2016, 19:55

He seems quite happy to do whatever is good for him:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/turkey-...oglu-1.3587599

I'm waiting for the "President for Life" declaration

**Fragony** · 05-23-2016, 21:50

Originally Posted by Gilrandir

As for visa-free traveling - Turkey (as well as Ukraine, btw) seems unlikely to receive it any time soon:
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu...-idUSKCN0YB0Q1

Oh they will

**InsaneApache** · 05-24-2016, 13:57

**Fragony** · 05-24-2016, 16:38

lol that was no waste of time, hilarious

**Kralizec** · 05-26-2016, 22:24

Erdogan has pretty much broken the refugee-visa-etcetera deal, anyway. His previous prime minister was the architect of that deal, and he was sacked because he wasn't good enough at being Erdogan's Yes-man.

It was dubious from the start wether Turkey would meet the qualifications for the EU's visa policy, and Erdogan has flatly said that he would never implement the agreed modifications to Turkey's anti-terrorism laws (a huge misnomer in Turkey's case). Instead, they are to become harsher.

It's possible that the EU will let this slide, taking a hit on their credibility to avoid another migrant crisis...but my instinct says that he's gone too far this time.