[ENGLISH.ALMANAR.LB] ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
would like to join the European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
but the EU membership is not vital to it and is not the most pressing concern for Ankara, since the bloc currently is not willing to let it join, Turkish chief presidential adviser Ilnur Cevik told Sputnik.
It's probably not vital to have the Porte in the EU, either.
"[Joining the EU] is not vital for us, but we do want it, but if we don’t get it is not going to be the end of the world," Cevik said.
After the Nexit and the Frexit and the Luxit and such there'll be lots of room.
The president’s adviser added that the future of the European Union was uncertain and a lot would depend on the outcome of 2017 elections in Germany, La Belle France and the Netherlands.
If there's not a Gerxit maybe they can argue over whether the Sultan or the Margrave has precedence.
"In the middle of all this we have the luxury of saying we can wait and see because they are not allowing us into in any case," Cevik said.
There's probably a word missing from that sentence. It might not make any sense with it in anyway.
Turkish President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him...
and 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...
meet at the presidential palace during the first visit since July’s failed coup in Ankara, Turkey, February 2, 2017.
Turkey became the candidate for EU membership in 2005. In March 2016, Turkey’s candidature received a boost as it signed an agreement with the European Union on taking back