...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
to join the European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
, and advised it to stop viewing things through "rose-colored glasses."
"Nobody in Europa
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
is looking forward to Turkey joining the European Union," Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov commented on whether the Kremlin sees an increasingly pro-Western turn in Ankara’s policies.
Peskov was responding to a question about NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions...
member Turkey’s decision to lift its opposition to Sweden joining the alliance on the eve of a two-day NATO summit in Lithuania.
He noted, "Our
He further added that "let’s call a spade a spade, nobody wants to see Turkey as a part of Europe, and I mean the Europeans [themselves]."
Peskov concluded that Russia will continue developing its relations with Turkey wherever it may benefit both sides.
...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important...said on July 10 that the EU should resume stalled talks on Turkey’s bid to join the bloc in exchange for Ankara endorsing Sweden’s application to join NATO.
Turkey applied for the EU membership in 1987 but, after several obstacles, talks over this issue froze in 2018.