Where the fuck were you when liberal Turkish governments were trying to make progress on ascension?https://twitter.com/aral/status/853890766321700864 …
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EU was never serious about Turkish ascension. You pushed the country into the welcoming hands of the Islamic world.https://twitter.com/aral/status/853891482234867712 …
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You watched as secularism and democracy was eroded, afraid of opening up your Christian club to a majority Muslim yet secular country.https://twitter.com/aral/status/853892596661399553 …
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So congratulations, EU. You now have a burgeoning Islamist dictatorship at your borders that you helped create.https://twitter.com/aral/status/853892881047846912 …
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And which you support because it helps keep the brown people away from your shores.https://twitter.com/aral/status/853893353968209920 …
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So whatever you do, don’t you dare get sanctimonious about it. </rant>https://twitter.com/aral/status/853893718075637761 …
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Politically difficult to admit Turkey into the EU because of size, religion. Wonder whether you are right about EU causing current situation
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Not EU alone. But could have steered it in a different direction. Supported the progressives. Could have been a positive factor.
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@TheProgressives@aral It is disgusting to see EU now giving attention to Turkey, after backstabbing the Turkish progressives for so longThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Culpable in some ways, but far from being so completely. 1974 Cyprus or the 1980 putsch weren't the EEC's doing.https://twitter.com/aral/status/853890766321700864 …
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Much needs to be said about the EU-supported ascension of the AKP, but this doesn't remove the ruling political classes' own agency.
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Also, the EU isn't a guarantee of good governance on its own, as the democratic decay in Poland and Hungary shows on a *still lesser* scale.
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