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Erdogan Was Using EU
Reader comment on item: Is Turkey Leaving the West?
Submitted by Sol Shalit (United States), Feb 6, 2013 at 18:00
Pipes is right on target. I would like to point out the irony and EU's folly. Erdogan has cleverly used EU's democratic entry conditions internally to gain power, decimate the military, reverse secularism, and install an autocratic Islamic state.
And now, naturally, he is turning east to consolidate the autocracy and his grip on power.
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| Is Turkey Leaving the West? [77 words] | ted | Apr 22, 2013 19:42 | 205463 | ||
| 1 |  Turkey will leave N.A.T.O. after Assad's government falls from power [29 words] | Daniel | May 3, 2013 17:46 | 205463 | |
| China Is Hot [54 words] | melvin polatnick | Mar 4, 2013 15:56 | 204029 | ||
| 1 | post- imperial Erdogan [112 words] | Ben | Feb 27, 2013 08:13 | 203904 | |
| 8 | Was Turkey ever part of the West, Daniel? [663 words] | Nikephoros | Feb 20, 2013 01:02 | 203676 | |
| 1 | Hypocrisy [261 words] | srht | Apr 4, 2013 15:25 | 203676 | |
| 3 | Turkey as an EU paradox [254 words] | myth | Feb 18, 2013 10:31 | 203608 | |
| 5 | The morals of Turkey are not the values of the West [137 words] | Phil Greend | Feb 14, 2013 18:42 | 203506 | |
| 2 | Your entry says You dont know anything about Turkey [250 words] | neosinan | Feb 17, 2013 16:49 | 203506 | |
| 11 | Turks vs. logic [209 words] | Ianus | Feb 18, 2013 00:25 | 203506 | |
| 2 | Shame on anyone who denies the Armenian Genocide [560 words] | dhimmi no more | Feb 19, 2013 07:18 | 203506 | |
| 1 | So tell us what are the values of the west ? [80 words] | Triple Crescent | Feb 20, 2013 13:47 | 203506 | |
| 2 | Turkey Should Not Be in NATO [86 words] | Dave | Feb 12, 2013 22:02 | 203433 | |
| Turkey Should Not Be in NATO [133 words] | mo | Feb 17, 2013 13:19 | 203433 | ||
| i really dont think Turkey is still part of NATO [243 words] | neosinan | Feb 17, 2013 14:25 | 203433 | ||
| 5 | Turkey should dump NATO [47 words] | Ahmet | Feb 9, 2013 13:15 | 203362 | |
| 3 | Dear Mr. Ahmet [228 words] | Debanjan Banerjee | Feb 13, 2013 21:56 | 203362 | |
| 8 | Debanjan does not have intellectual gravitas for critical examination of issues. [298 words] | Prashant | Feb 15, 2013 16:46 | 203362 | |
| 12 | Islam is the grave-digger of the West. [201 words] | Ianus | Feb 15, 2013 18:02 | 203362 | |
| 6 | Islam and India [197 words] | dhimmi no more | Feb 16, 2013 06:56 | 203362 | |
| 5 | Lots of questions for our dear Deb al-tablighee [434 words] | dhimmi no more | Feb 16, 2013 09:57 | 203362 | |
| 6 | Islamic plagiarism [118 words] | Ianus | Feb 16, 2013 14:42 | 203362 | |
| 2 | More hypocrisy [113 words] | dhimmi no more | Feb 16, 2013 17:10 | 203362 | |
| 4 | facade of an islamic society [122 words] | myth | Feb 18, 2013 09:27 | 203362 | |
| DIMMI NO MORE Pakistan is One of best States in the World....! [182 words] | Bilawal | Apr 25, 2013 06:03 | 203362 | ||
| 3 | Pakistan is a failed state thanks to Islam [31 words] | dhimmi no more | Apr 26, 2013 07:03 | 203362 | |
| dhimmi no more....Wkipedia is not a reliable source [42 words] | Bilawal | Apr 27, 2013 04:07 | 203362 | ||
| 3 | Our dear Bilawal did you check the references in the wikipedia article? let me guess you did not right? [258 words] | dhimmi no more | Apr 28, 2013 07:29 | 203362 | |
| 4 | Our dear Bilawal tells us kuffar that wikepdia is not a good source nontheless he is using it as a source to prove his point and I wonder why [203 words] | dhimmi no more | Apr 28, 2013 09:56 | 203362 | |
| Dimii [44 words] | Dimmi No More | Apr 30, 2013 04:25 | 203362 | ||
| 5 | The failed state of Pakistan and wannabe Arabs! [339 words] | dhimmi no more | May 1, 2013 15:47 | 203362 | |
| 1 | Come on dhimmi [20 words] | Bary Soetoro | May 8, 2013 18:20 | 203362 | |
| 1 | The Qur'an says that islam is the religion of the arabs only [303 words] | dhimmi no more | May 9, 2013 06:04 | 203362 | |
| Moslem immigrants [11 words] | Tom | May 11, 2013 00:38 | 203362 | ||
| Jesus for Jews, Muhammad for all of mankind [37 words] | Bary Soetoro | May 11, 2013 20:36 | 203362 | ||
| 2 | Spot the mistake in the book of Allah! This time surat al-Nur 27 [162 words] | dhimmi no more | May 12, 2013 11:17 | 203362 | |
| 1 | The Qur'an says that islam is the religion of the arabs only and our dear Bary is editing the Qur'an! Where are the riots? [657 words] | dhimmi no more | May 13, 2013 07:32 | 203362 | |
| 1 | The Qur'an says that islam is the religion of the arabs only and al-Ahmadiyya [163 words] | dhimmi no more | May 13, 2013 09:47 | 203362 | |
| 2 | Bary Soetoro is corrupting the Qur'an! Where are the riots [278 words] | dhimmi no more | May 13, 2013 15:15 | 203362 | |
| Turkey - Not an Easy One to Call [319 words] | M. Tovey | Feb 7, 2013 18:15 | 203299 | ||
| 1 | Dear Mr. Tovey [397 words] | Debanjan Banerjee | Feb 13, 2013 22:07 | 203299 | |
| 4 | Islamic hypocrisy has no limits [172 words] | dhimmi no more | Feb 14, 2013 19:52 | 203299 | |
| 4 | It seems that our dear Deb who is a Shia is not Muslim! [107 words] | dhimmi no more | Feb 16, 2013 07:59 | 203299 | |
| 2 | Interesting Mention Linking Turkey and Iran [913 words] | M. Tovey | Feb 21, 2013 18:58 | 203299 | |
| 4 | betrayal [180 words] | myth | Feb 7, 2013 16:12 | 203297 | |
| 1 | The democratic road for Turkey [245 words] | Demsci | Feb 10, 2013 11:03 | 203297 | |
| You were right ? [159 words] | neosinan | Feb 17, 2013 15:55 | 203297 | ||
| 2 | grandchildren returning to Turkey [166 words] | myth | Feb 18, 2013 09:48 | 203297 | |
| 1 | Turkey and Erdogan [73 words] | Michael Lerman | Feb 7, 2013 10:08 | 203284 | |
| Turkey is leaving the west [84 words] | C Page | Feb 7, 2013 09:08 | 203282 | ||
| 1 | Turkey will stay in NATO [114 words] | Nazim Cairo | Feb 7, 2013 05:58 | 203276 | |
| 3 | Another proof? [115 words] | Alexandros | Feb 7, 2013 19:34 | 203276 | |
| 1 | Correction [47 words] | Nazim Cairo | Feb 9, 2013 15:53 | 203276 | |
| 8 | What is Turkey trying to do [572 words] | Alexandros | Feb 7, 2013 04:51 | 203274 | |
| 1 | i am not gonna talk about all your nonsonse but i have a question [98 words] | neosinan | Feb 17, 2013 17:21 | 203274 | |
| What? [106 words] | Alexandros | Feb 18, 2013 05:04 | 203274 | ||
| 1 | Turkey vs Greek [179 words] | AYdin | Feb 21, 2013 12:16 | 203274 | |
| 2 | I do not understand where is the hate [537 words] | Alexandros | Feb 22, 2013 05:40 | 203274 | |
| Seeking new allies? [85 words] | Gurkan Gurkas | Feb 7, 2013 03:43 | 203271 | ||
| 1 | Turkey does not fit into the European Union [50 words] | Lars nielsen | Feb 7, 2013 03:26 | 203270 | |
| 1 | In the end Turkey is Islamic country [240 words] | Amit Srivastava | Feb 6, 2013 21:07 | 203260 | |
| 6 |  Erdogan Was Using EU [55 words] | Sol Shalit | Feb 6, 2013 18:00 | 203251 | |
| 5 | A Muslim... [55 words] | Zelda | Feb 6, 2013 17:35 | 203250 | |
| 1 | Turkey Joining SCO [37 words] | RichFromTampa | Feb 6, 2013 17:33 | 203249 | |
| 8 | Turkey never was part of the West; it cannot not and does not know how [61 words] | NuritG | Feb 6, 2013 17:18 | 203248 | |
| 6 | Is Turkey Leaving the West? [238 words] | Judith | Feb 6, 2013 16:16 | 203245 | |
| 1 | NATO should dump Turkeys [98 words] | lippy | Feb 7, 2013 10:38 | 203245 | |
| 2 | Is Turkey Leaving the West? [51 words] | Judith | Feb 8, 2013 12:06 | 203245 | |
| 1 | You obviosly have no knowlodge about Turkey So This is some Facts about Turkey [194 words] | Sinan | Feb 17, 2013 15:14 | 203245 | |
| 2 | Reality: Sinan, Turks marry just to migrate to poor rural Russia [246 words] | Nikephoros | Feb 20, 2013 01:42 | 203245 | |
| 3 | Turkey leaving the West? [103 words] | Nenette Grunberg | Feb 6, 2013 15:53 | 203244 |
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