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The Grand Turk
EU ‘must say clearly’ if it doesn’t want Turkey: President Erdogan
2017-09-07
[Hurriyet Daily News] President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him...
has called on the European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
to explicitly say if it does not want Ankara as a full member, describing German politicians’ "anti-The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
stances" as an implementation of "Nazism and fascism
...a political system developed in Italy symbolized by the Roman fasces -- thin reeds, each flimsy in itself but unbreakable when bound into a bundle. The word is nowadays thrown around by all sorts of people who have no idea what they're talking about...
"We want EU bodies and European countries to be sincere and real in their policies on Turkey," Erdogan said at a ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) meeting on Sept. 6.

"Take this decision as soon as possible. If you cannot tolerate the current shape of Turkey’s relationship with the EU, then declare [an end to it] and do it bravely. That will help everyone see your real face," he added, recalling German Chancellor Angela Merkel
...current chancellor of Germany and the impetus behind Germany's remarkably ill-starred immigration program. Merkel used to be referred to by Germans as Mom...
’s statement that Berlin will ask other EU leaders to either suspend or end Ottoman Turkish accession process in October.
Posted by:Fred

#8  ZF, have you ever paid for all the keyboards/monitors you've destroyed?......not to mention the wasted Scotch?

8^)
Posted by: AlanC   2017-09-07 16:56  

#7  How do you do it? :-)
Posted by: gorb   2017-09-07 13:21  

#6  The Germans were perfectly flirty
As Erdogan purred, "Yer so purdy!"
With straw in her tresses,
Europa confesses:
"So dirty... and hung like a birdy."
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2017-09-07 11:14  

#5  Why should they speak straight with you any more than they speak straight with the American?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2017-09-07 07:52  

#4  Recep, even EUros have some limits.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2017-09-07 05:27  

#3  Sorry, Erdy. They're just not that into you.
Posted by: SteveS   2017-09-07 02:45  

#2  The middle part?
Posted by: gorb   2017-09-07 01:58  

#1  What part of "NO!" don't you understand, O Sublime Porte?
Posted by: Galactic Coordinator Ebbaviger6663   2017-09-07 01:43  

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