Should Turkey join the Europen Community?

Question

Should Turkey join the Europen Community?
I mean, what is European other than the lump of rock this side of the Bosporus? Certainly not the culture of the people living on it. What you think out there?

Answer

Ive always been puzzled about the assignment of Turkey to Asia. In the past it has been referred to as the sick man of Europe. The countries on the northern shores of the Black Sea are considered to be European. Ukraine, Georgia. Turkey is a member of NATO and has very little to do with the North Atlantic.brOn a more serious note, the alternative doesnt bear thinking about. Turkey is a secular state. Even though of the population is Muslim, their day of rest is Sunday, not Friday.brThey are, however a proud nation and rejection would give strength to the more fundamentalist faction. Does Europe really want Turkey to look to the East?brGreece and Portugal had economic problems when they joined the EU, and Bulgaria and Roumania are certainly not yet economically in the same league as the western European States.brAnd then, always at the bottom of the list of objections, there is the question of human rights.brMy view is that rejection would be more problematic than acceptance, and half my family is Kurdish Turk.