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393Turkish parliament approves Sweden’s membership of Natowww.theguardian.comWilshire@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago43
Show ContentResol van Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish413·2 years agoNow it’s time for Sweden to let Turkey in the EU
Show ContentWelt@lazysoci.alEnglish122·2 years agoSteady on. Erdoğan’s Islamifying the place as a populist, undoing Atatürk’s vision. Turkey belongs in the GCC rather than the EU if it’s on its way to theocracy.
Show ContentSulaymanF@lemmy.worldEnglish12·2 years agoThe GCC is Arab countries and Turkey is not an Arab country. And the GCC are dictators not theocracies.
Show ContentBlackmist@feddit.ukEnglish91·2 years agoThe EU is not about to let Turkey join, and the main reason is that Turkey don’t really want to.
Show ContentResol van Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish22·2 years agoSo, they submitted an application in 1999 and then suddenly revoked it?
Show ContentBlackmist@feddit.ukEnglish6·2 years agoIt’s not revoked. It’s stalled. There’s a huge list of things they’d need to do to join, and they basically haven’t completed any of it. Cyprus is a major sticking point, along with Erdogan, who while not quite being a dictator in name, is probably only a little way off it.
Show ContentSkua@kbin.social3·2 years agoSweden has generally been pretty supportive of Turkish EU accession. Cyprus is a far bigger issue.
Now it’s time for Sweden to let Turkey in the EU
Steady on. Erdoğan’s Islamifying the place as a populist, undoing Atatürk’s vision. Turkey belongs in the GCC rather than the EU if it’s on its way to theocracy.
I guess that answers the question.
The GCC is Arab countries and Turkey is not an Arab country. And the GCC are dictators not theocracies.
The EU is not about to let Turkey join, and the main reason is that Turkey don’t really want to.
So, they submitted an application in 1999 and then suddenly revoked it?
It’s not revoked. It’s stalled. There’s a huge list of things they’d need to do to join, and they basically haven’t completed any of it.
Cyprus is a major sticking point, along with Erdogan, who while not quite being a dictator in name, is probably only a little way off it.
Noted
Sweden has generally been pretty supportive of Turkish EU accession. Cyprus is a far bigger issue.
The Cyprus problem is just sad.