Will Turkey's EU membership dream come true?
Submitted by Administrator on Thu, 09/24/2009 - 07:52
Burying the grievances bequeathed by history lies at the heart of the European ideal. The enmities of living memory, particularly the fratricidal struggle between France and Germany, no longer haunt the European Union, yet one far older and deeper fear still lurks behind a vital question about its future.
Five centuries ago, Europe lived in dread of Turkey’s expansion up the Danube valley, with Suleiman the Magnificent, the Ottoman Empire’s longest-serving and most successful Sultan, dispatching his armies from Istanbul to conquer Hungary and besiege Vienna.
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Not untill Turkey proves that
Not untill Turkey proves that Islam
1. Allows a Muslim to have Non Muslim friends,
2. Does not call non muslims by names like Apes, Dog etc,
3. Does not encourage Muslim to kill non Muslims fro heavenly reward
4. Gives equal right to women
5. believes in peace & Harmony with non Islamic religion etc etc.
The day that Turkey will
The day that Turkey will admit formally that it lost the great seige of Malta in 1565 will be the day that Europeans will take Turkey's claim to being worthy of EU membership seriously. The great seige of Malta , was the last of the great crusades.It was won by the Knights of St John and the Maltese population against great odds and helped save southern Europe from Islamist expansionism and the reclamation back into the Islamic fold of waqft lands Southern Spain , Southern Italy and Malta itself.