If Europe ends the EU, then Europe as a whole wins.
Turkey needs us far more than we need them. Also, now we be agreat time to kick the Turks out of NATO and let Israel in.
Turkey: EU Affairs Minister, patience is not eternal Bozkir in Rome, ‘if Brussels says no, EU will lose out’
According to Bozkir, currently “there is to be gains on both sides, but these gains are not eternal” and if the EU were to say ‘no’, “Ankara certainly will not look elsewhere. Because it does not need to find alternatives”. Bozkir reiterated Turkey’s position at a time when European Union enlargement negotiations are in a total stalemate, saying that the history of Turkey’s adhesion to European treaties ”is a long history. Turkey has been trying for 50 years” and has been “patient and tolerant”. The minister said many problems were solved, but the path to the Union is still all uphill, citing that Turkey has “done its part.” “We are ready starting tomorrow to work on all negotiating chapters with Brussels”, Bozkir said.
Ankara’s economic weight must be heard. If Turkey were to join today, it would do so “in a very strong economic condition, in better shape than many other states of the Union”. Numbers talk, Bozkir said, with a GDP of about $ 20 billion and exports of about 7 billion. Gains, therefore, continue to be present, but will not last forever, he reiterated.