[Proud_USA_Republican]

Eastern turkey near the Iranian/Iraqi borders is a fundamentalist breeding ground. The clerics in that region preach a lot of hate.

That area should never, EVER be allowed to join the EU.

Europe has to look forward to their priests being murdered and nuns being stoned to death if they allow Turkey into the EU.

[oceanagirl]

I think that Turkey's chances of being admitted to the EU have gone down very considerably in the past few days. Sarkozy has offered some immigration and deportation measures that would have been unthinkable there a year ago. I can't imagine that the murder of an Italian Roman Catholic priest is going to go over well in Italy. The Dutch are unhappy. Undoubtedly many Danes are unhappy. Possible "no" votes are starting to add up.