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Reader comment on item: Is Turkey in Europe?
Submitted by gerard (United States), Jul 8, 2013 at 10:17
Mr. Pipes, do you think Bulgaria should have been allowed into the EU (given the present issues with corruption, oligarchies, and a general undemocratic culture).
Should Albania be allowed into the EU? They have submitted an application and no one can dispute their europeanness (nor that of the Bosniaks). I don't think Turkey is suitable to join the EU either, but I don't use religion or culture as a grounds for justifying that.
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Daniel Pipes replies:
Other than Turkey's joining the EU, I don't really have views on the topic of EU accession.
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| Turkey is not part of Europe [57 words] | Rahmat | Aug 26, 2015 02:10 | 224829 | ||
| 2 | Turkey is too islamic to be considered European. [71 words] | Phil Greend | Aug 8, 2013 22:23 | 208889 | |
| 1 |  additional information [130 words] | Servet Cevik | Aug 10, 2013 12:55 | 208889 | |
| 4 | political science 101 [490 words] | Servet Cevik | Aug 5, 2013 04:31 | 208783 | |
| 1 | No one said Turkeys crimes are unique [678 words] | Shishir | Aug 7, 2013 08:30 | 208783 | |
| 7 | you are attacking a ghost you created in your imagination... [469 words] | Servet Cevik | Aug 7, 2013 20:17 | 208783 | |
| 4 | also... [141 words] | Servet Cevik | Aug 7, 2013 22:11 | 208783 | |
| 7 | Historically Politically Economically Geographically Culturally Strategically and by Civilization [225 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Servet Cevik | Aug 2, 2013 17:02 | 208710 | |
| 1 | Very specious reasoning [581 words] | Shishir | Aug 3, 2013 02:29 | 208710 | |
| 2 | reading too fast may sometimes lead to understanding too little :-) [30 words] | Servet Cevik | Aug 3, 2013 20:08 | 208710 | |
| What is the use of reading and writing if only to spread lame propaganda and falsehoods? [66 words] | Shishir | Aug 4, 2013 00:59 | 208710 | ||
| Infrastructure for freedom of thought [478 words] | Prashant | Aug 4, 2013 21:21 | 208710 | ||
| 2 | Is Turkey Europe or no? [159 words] | Farhad Lahafdoozi | Jul 17, 2013 17:04 | 208321 | |
| 2 | Turkey, and it's competitors for Europe accession. [122 words] | Jon, a Brit in Euroland | Jul 16, 2013 10:07 | 208305 | |
| 1 | turks [122 words] | havas | Jul 20, 2013 07:03 | 208305 | |
| 1 | Schäuble's statement follows a trend change in Germany [201 words] | myth | Jul 14, 2013 17:40 | 208261 |
| 4 | The answer is simple and is definitely NO [533 words] | Alexandros | Jul 12, 2013 05:10 | 208217 | |
| 1 | not a valid comparison [247 words] | Mozere | Jul 12, 2013 04:50 | 208216 | |
| On the Other Hand... [17 words] | Kepha Hor | Jul 9, 2013 14:44 | 208035 | ||
| 2 | europe [109 words] | havas | Jul 9, 2013 14:33 | 208034 | |
| 3 | Turks in EU? [20 words] | Hans | Jul 8, 2013 12:02 | 207972 | |
| 4 | Turkey should be European Union [122 words] | George Bosolo | Jul 23, 2013 09:18 | 207972 | |
| Excellent comment [2 words] | sephardi | Jul 24, 2013 15:36 | 207972 | ||
| 2 |  EU [73 words]w/response from Daniel Pipes | gerard | Jul 8, 2013 10:17 | 207969 | |
| 4 | Yes Yurkey is not in Europe,but.. [44 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Taner Mersin | Jul 8, 2013 01:07 | 207960 | |
| 1 | What about Greeks "no to EU" in Cyprus? [42 words] | Taner Mersin | Jul 9, 2013 01:22 | 207960 | |
| avrupa [20 words] | emile | Jul 9, 2013 12:51 | 207960 | ||
| 2 | Now it makes more sense [21 words] | Abdulkarim Al-habsi | Jul 11, 2013 00:09 | 207960 | |
| Bernard Lewis [29 words] | David W. Lincoln | Jul 6, 2013 13:30 | 207708 | ||
| 1 | Missing The Point [65 words] | Dave | Jul 6, 2013 12:31 | 207704 | |
| 1 | Turkey is Europe [10 words] | cephas33 | Jul 5, 2013 21:55 | 207681 | |
| a reply to Turkey is Europe by cephas33 [59 words] | QrtOfAges | Aug 27, 2013 01:13 | 207681 | ||
| 2 | Christian Club [24 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | EuroTurk | Jul 5, 2013 10:19 | 207652 | |
| 4 | Turkish hypocrisy [67 words] | dhimmi no more | Jul 6, 2013 06:57 | 207652 | |
| 1 | Christian Club [51 words] | EuroTurk | Jul 6, 2013 11:38 | 207652 | |
| 1 | short sighted [143 words] | EuroTurk | Jul 9, 2013 06:24 | 207652 | |
| 1 | christian club [11 words] | roger spleen | Jul 9, 2013 10:57 | 207652 | |
| 2 | The Turks and their delusions [362 words] | dhimmi no more | Jul 11, 2013 07:03 | 207652 | |
| 1 | Turkey in the Straw, Socked by Schaeuble in the Jaw [115 words] | Alana | Jul 5, 2013 03:14 | 207639 |
| 1 | Border states [41 words] | James Gluc | Jul 5, 2013 00:35 | 207635 | |
| 1 | Muslim countries in the Balkans [6 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Duvmeister | Jul 4, 2013 21:44 | 207631 | |
| 3 | Vive La Freedom Shout the Turks [78 words] | NuritG | Jul 4, 2013 21:28 | 207630 | |
| 3 | Cyprus, Israel etc [44 words] | Anon | Jul 4, 2013 21:17 | 207629 | |
| 1 | İf it is required to be in Europe then why Cyprus? Morocco is not a good example [17 words] | Taner Mersin | Jul 8, 2013 07:10 | 207629 | |
| it is like you say [30 words] | emilush | Jul 9, 2013 12:57 | 207629 | ||
| 6 | IS Turkey a Loyal member of NATO? Further more could become a member of EU? [441 words] | Peter Kikareas | Jul 4, 2013 19:56 | 207625 | |
| Yes [54 words] | Nazim Cairo | Jul 4, 2013 19:33 | 207623 | ||
| 1 | YES [21 words] | Susan K | Jul 4, 2013 18:47 | 207621 | |
| 2 | Turkey in the EU [119 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Jeffrey Sheff | Jul 4, 2013 17:05 | 207616 | |
| I would love Turkey to be outside Europe [174 words] | Debanjan Banerjee | Jul 7, 2013 23:10 | 207616 | ||
| 1 | A European Turkey will Never have Peace: Neither will an Oriental Turkey [531 words] | M. Tovey | Jul 9, 2013 15:52 | 207616 | |
| So many inaccuracies... [611 words] | Shishir | Jul 10, 2013 01:42 | 207616 | ||
| Congrats Shishir [3 words] | Prashant | Jul 11, 2013 00:45 | 207616 | ||
| 2 | You are not right [22 words] | Alexandros | Jul 12, 2013 05:13 | 207616 | |
| Dear Mr. Tovey [596 words] | Debanjan Banerjee | Jul 13, 2013 14:23 | 207616 | ||
| Dear Mr. Shishir [441 words] | Debanjan Banerjee | Jul 13, 2013 14:49 | 207616 | ||
| Debanjan Banerjee: Our very own idiocy compactor [726 words] | Shishir | Jul 14, 2013 18:59 | 207616 | ||
| Debanjan Banerjee is a broken record and facts do not matter to him [355 words] | Prashant | Jul 15, 2013 03:37 | 207616 | ||
| Turkey - When will They Ever Understand Turkey [514 words] | M. Tovey | Jul 15, 2013 15:49 | 207616 | ||
| 4 | Arab racism directed against Muslim Indians aka masakeen men el-hind [318 words] | dhimmi no more | Jul 21, 2013 07:50 | 207616 | |
| My answer to Mr. Prashant [366 words] | Debanjan Banerjee | Jul 26, 2013 13:16 | 207616 | ||
| Dear Dhimmi [284 words] | Debanjan Banerjee | Jul 26, 2013 13:29 | 207616 | ||
| Traitor, Dissentor and Apostate are three different thing. Banerjee needs education. [165 words] | Prashant | Jul 27, 2013 01:16 | 207616 | ||
| The hypocrisy of wannabe Arabs [48 words] | dhimmi no more | Jul 27, 2013 06:13 | 207616 | ||
| Debanjan-you are worse than a dhimmi as you are a non Arab Muslim- Arabs spit on you [629 words] | Shishir | Jul 27, 2013 07:28 | 207616 | ||
| Charity starts at home and Islamic hypocrisy has no limits [290 words] | dhimmi no more | Jul 27, 2013 07:36 | 207616 | ||
| Still confused Debanjan? [783 words] | Shishir | Jul 27, 2013 07:45 | 207616 | ||
| 2 | Our dear Deb edited what I wrote that the Arabs call Indian Muslims masakeen men el-hind which is not very nice [806 words] | dhimmi no more | Jul 27, 2013 15:35 | 207616 | |
| A reply to Mr. Shishir [614 words] | Debanjan Banerjee | Jul 30, 2013 11:39 | 207616 | ||
| My dear Shishir [270 words] | Debanjan Banerjee | Jul 30, 2013 12:06 | 207616 | ||
| Thank you for the good laughs Debanjan [1121 words] | Shishir | Jul 31, 2013 04:31 | 207616 | ||
| Still ducking the issue Debanjan? [536 words] | Shishir | Jul 31, 2013 04:43 | 207616 | ||
| 1 | two turkish tale [313 words] | frombulgaria, stefan(same time as in romania) | Aug 13, 2013 15:36 | 207616 | |
| 7 | Turkey and its crimes [69 words] | dhimmi no more | Jul 4, 2013 17:02 | 207615 | |
| 1 | One Of The Perks Of Being Muslim [7 words] | Dave | Jul 6, 2013 20:32 | 207615 |
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