This is a stupid move that frustrates the goals of the West in general and the Bush Administration in particular. The whole idea is to have a carrot and a stick -- if you sponsor terror we will destroy you, but if you embrace modern values and ideals, as Turkey has done, we will reward you. By refusing to allow by far the most modern Islamic state into the EU, a functioning capitalist democracy, Europe is sending the message that nothing Muslims do will be sufficient, and that message legitimizes the terrorists.
Screw Turkey. Have you forgotten how they did us at the beginning of the Iraq war? Screw 'em...twice.
What part of 'Europe' is so hard for people to understand? A "European Union" is for Europeans, and whatever Turkey may be it obviously is not European. Some kind of "priveleged partnership" as Austria has proposed is plenty of 'reward' for anything Turkey needs to be rewarded for..... why on earth should the EU start expanding into the Middle East? Makes as much sense as a "North American" union that starts expanding into Asia....