Posted on 06/06/2019 10:50:13 PM PDT by Cronos
...Brexit also risks making things worse for other parts of the world in very direct and concrete terms – this is certainly the case for Turkey.
..I was in the Luxembourg press conference when British foreign minister Jack Straw and Gül announced the start of the EU talks, and reported from Istanbul when the euphoria of that day was replaced by despair in the years afterwards. As western European politicians such as Angela Merkel diluted the EU’s commitment to Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who has ruled the country since 2003, undermined Turkey’s commitment to EU standards such as the rule of law, a free press and fundamental rights.
The anti-Turkey discourse in Europe has played into the hands of Erdoğan, who has capitalised on it to embark on his single-minded pursuit of ever greater and more personalised power.
The exception was Britain, the most fervent believer in the EU in Ankara’s eventual membership.
..A week before the poll, Boris Johnson, perhaps Britain’s prime-minister-in waiting, brushed aside his own part-Turkish descent and falsely suggested “that the only way to avoid having common borders with Turkey is to vote leave and take back control”. Penny Mordaunt, now secretary of defence, said Britain could not veto Turkey’s EU accession – and repeated the lie, even after David Cameron said it was “not true”.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
Guardian-fake news.
People who write articles like this should be hanged as enemies of the people, as should the editors who choose this material to print.
I hope your EU-handlers are paying you well to broadcast this stuff.
You have EU-handlers? And they pay you? Interesting
Couldn’t care less how this affects Turkey, or any other part of the world tbh.
I’m not sure that’s really wise. The UK is not a peripheral state, so its actions affect everyone - for good and for bad. If this pushes Turkey more into Erdogan, it does have consequences.
Though in my own opinion - contrary to the Guardian’s - I think it is good that Erdogan (yes, hear me out) is going more radical.
Why?
1. He will withdraw Turkey from NATO
2. He will get Turkey further embroiled in the geopolitical game with Saudi-Egypt and with Iran.
3. He will continue killing off his officer corps for fear of a coup
4. Once he’s out of NATO and destroyed his officer corps, then Putin will reach down and grab constantinople and the straits of Marmara.
With Putin and Russia’s attention focused to the south, this means that they will have little time and capability to focus on the west
Suits me then. Everyone is a winner, except our pompous neo imperialist ruling class.
Boris Johnson, perhaps Britain’s prime-minister-in waiting, brushed aside his own part-Turkish descent and falsely suggested “that the only way to avoid having common borders with Turkey is to vote leave and take back control”.
Go, Boris. The Guardian is just pro-EU agitprop, 24/7.
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