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Turkey’s Erdogan says he sees Turkey as ‘part of Europe’ and wants full EU membership

Nov 26, 2020 1:00 pm By Christine Douglass-Williams 48 Comments

The greatest ambition of Erdogan is a revived Ottoman Empire. Should he obtain his goals of EU membership and the settling of large numbers of Muslim migrants throughout the EU, his ambition will be closer to realization.

Erdogan has referred to Europe as a “sick man” – “the slur European politicians used to describe the collapsing Ottoman Empire in the 19th century” — and has vowed to repay Europe for whatever ills he thinks it did to Turkey. He also issued a call to Turkish families in Europe to have five children, since they are “the future of Europe.”

Erdogan’s expansionary ambitions are crystal clear, as is his hatred for the EU, which he views as “collapsing.” All while he becomes bolder with time.

Ankara has dispatched research and drill ships to waters claimed by EU members Greece and Cyprus, sparking a military escalation over the summer.

“EU members have raised the prospect of sanctions against Turkey over its gas exploration missions in the eastern Mediterranean,” but beyond “prospect” sanctions, they should follow through in other ways to contain Erdogan.

Turkey should be have been kicked out of NATO long ago, and Erdogan’s accusations against the EU for “Islamophobia” should be flatly ignored. But as long as EU globalists continue to appease Turkey and to implement open-door immigration policies, the EU will indeed “collapse,” as Erdogan hopes.

“Turkish President Says Turkey ‘Part of Europe’, Wants ‘Full Membership’ of EU,” Associated Press, November 22, 2020:

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday that Turkey sees itself as a part of Europe, but he called on the European Union to “keep your promises” on issues such as the country’s membership bid and refugees.

He spoke before an EU summit due to be held next month. In recent weeks, EU members have raised the prospect of sanctions against Turkey over its gas exploration missions in the eastern Mediterranean.

“We always see ourselves as part of Europe,” Erdogan said in a virtual speech to ruling party members. “We chose to favour Europe as long as they don’t force us to look elsewhere.”

He added: “Keep your promises to our country, from full membership to the issue of refugees. Let’s establish a closer and more efficient co-operation together.”

Turkey applied for membership in the bloc in 1987 and four years ago signed a deal with the EU to manage the flow of migrants to Europe….

Last week, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas urged Turkey to stop “provocations” in the Mediterranean or face possible sanctions. EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said the bloc was “approaching a watershed moment in our relationship with Turkey.”…

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  1. Mason Stewart says

    Nov 26, 2020 at 1:06 pm

    Going to have to be a counter-alarmist on this one: even the EU elites are against it, there is no chance Turkey will join at all (at least not until Muslims outnumber everyone in Europe)

    Reply
    • Ade Fegan says

      Nov 26, 2020 at 1:29 pm

      A succession of left wing governments is all it would take

      Reply
    • Lesley Ward says

      Nov 27, 2020 at 3:07 am

      Erdogan already has his Turkish “5th column army” of EU citizens who attend Turkish Mosques, all ready and waiting (no doubt armed also) just waiting for the order to form up and become members of the next Ottoman invasion. Erdogan is one of the most ambitious, dangerous men in the world, he views himself as the next Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and the Caliph of the entire Islamic Ummah (global muslim peoples). He definitely wants to complete the entire capture of Europe that was stopped at the Gates of Vienna by Charlemagne.

      Reply
      • SKA says

        Nov 27, 2020 at 5:17 am

        You mean stopped by Jan Sobieski, King of Poland.

        Reply
    • jirtu says

      Nov 27, 2020 at 5:45 am

      Turkey has a bigger army than either Germany, France, and Britain. Turkish soldiers are ready to fight. Europeans are not willing to give up the good life to stop the Turks. Disunited and suicidal Europe makes Turkey stronger than Europe.

      Reply
  2. Ade Fegan says

    Nov 26, 2020 at 1:28 pm

    I expect Biden will pull a few strings for you

    Reply
  3. Dude says

    Nov 26, 2020 at 1:29 pm

    He just wants to control Europe.

    Their game hasn’t changed.

    Reply
  4. Yogi says

    Nov 26, 2020 at 1:41 pm

    Never ever !!, this physically sick evil go to hell!!, hand out of Europe!!..

    Reply
  5. mortimer says

    Nov 26, 2020 at 1:49 pm

    Erdogan = windbag, jihadist, enemy of freedom.

    Reply
  6. Arthur says

    Nov 26, 2020 at 1:50 pm

    Turkye is in Asia, European part is just only few miles/kilometres, and in Europe we have human right, Christianity, etc

    Reply
  7. Infidel says

    Nov 26, 2020 at 1:55 pm

    Maybe Turkey should be admitted into the EU, once the Brits, French, Italians and everyone else get out. That way, all those Muslim EU refugees – Turkey will be forced to take them!

    It’s funny – the leader who transformed Turkey from a Kemalist country seeking to become more European to an Islamic country seeking to resurrect the Ottoman empire and caliphate – now wants to be a part of Europe again! Just b’cos his economy is imploding on him, even while he tries vainglorious projects in Azerbaijan and Libya

    Reply
    • Boycott Turkey says

      Nov 26, 2020 at 2:22 pm

      Yeah don’t forget Greece and Cyprus to get to of the EU to I think Erdogan is desperate to be asking to join EU the economy must be in a bad way

      Reply
      • Boycott Turkey says

        Nov 26, 2020 at 2:24 pm

        I meant Greece and Cyprus To get out of EU sorry about the typo I wish we could edit our post on here

        Reply
    • gravenimage says

      Nov 26, 2020 at 11:48 pm

      Civilized peole should not have to cede Europe to the invading Muslim barbarians.

      Reply
  8. eduardo odraude says

    Nov 26, 2020 at 2:16 pm

    Reply
  9. Ade Fegan says

    Nov 26, 2020 at 2:24 pm

    Delusions of grandeur

    Reply
  10. el Cid 2 says

    Nov 26, 2020 at 3:17 pm

    The fox wants to get into the hen house.

    Reply
  11. walkurja says

    Nov 26, 2020 at 3:47 pm

    He really means that he sees europe as part of turkey

    Reply
    • gravenimage says

      Nov 26, 2020 at 11:54 pm

      Spot on.

      Reply
    • Ade Fegan says

      Nov 27, 2020 at 7:16 am

      Yep !

      Reply
  12. La Plume de Maat says

    Nov 26, 2020 at 4:06 pm

    “𝑇𝑢𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑦’𝑠 𝐸𝑟𝑑𝑜𝑔𝑎𝑛 𝑠𝑎𝑦𝑠 ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑠 𝑇𝑢𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑠 ‘𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝐸𝑢𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑒’ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙 𝐸𝑈 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝” : 𝘄𝗲𝘁 𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺.

    Reply
  13. jirtu says

    Nov 26, 2020 at 4:09 pm

    Turks are Central Asians. Their cousins (Turkmenistan, etc.) are still there. They differ from Europeans in DNA, language, religion, culture, history, heritage So how are they European? Their religion and culture is also anti-European civilization.
    For 300-years they tried to conquer all of Europe but managed to take only part of the Balkans. More than century ago, the Balkan people kicked them out but Turks managed to hold on to a sliver of Europe, west of Istanbul. They have contributed nothing to Europe except cheap labor, mostly in Germany. The fact is they hate Europeans and are jealous of the advances Europe has made.
    It’s also hard to find a European leader who hasn’t been insulted by Erdogan. So now he suddenly wants to get into bed with Europeans.
    Erdogan plan is now clear. For 30 years Turkey tried to become a member of EU. The Europeans kept saying “no” for years. So Erdogan started making trouble in-half-a-dozen countries and invaded several. Now he is hoping the EU will invite him to join the organization on condition that he stops talking about Islamic Caliphate and reviving the Ottoman Empire.

    Reply
    • Crusades Were Right says

      Nov 26, 2020 at 5:44 pm

      Actually, virtually the whole of “Turkey” is conquered, colonised, genocided Christian Europe – mostly eastern Greece and western Armenia. If the Turkic horde had never arrived there – in the 11th century AD – we would just see it as a part of southern Europe.

      Reply
    • Infidel Pride says

      Nov 26, 2020 at 8:23 pm

      Not just that, Turkey is in an organization w/ those countries called the ‘Turkic Council’. Its members are Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan (Turkmenistan so far has declined to join). It celebrates the Turkic race, culture and history, which is the history of several Turkic empires from the Ottomans to the Seljuqs to the Qhwarezmids to the Timurides to the Delhi Sultans to the Mughals. (They should relax the rules and admit Pakistan as well, since that country considers itself the successor to the Mughal empire)

      On top of that, Turkey has been making itself the hub of Islamic activity for Jihadist groups opposed to the Saudis or the West, like the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, Boko Haram, al Shabab and ISIS. It’s also aligned w/ myriad Islamic countries that are not on the Arab team – Pakistan, Malaysia and even some Arab countries like Somalia and Yemen. (Sudan too was an ally until Omar el Bashir fell, and Libya’s GNA was an ally until al Sarraj decided to step down)

      Given all that, the only reason they’re thinking about joining the EU at all is that the EU seems to be finally waking up to all the jihadist behavior of Muslims they’ve stupidly allowed into their countries

      Reply
  14. Jesper Kraul Jensen says

    Nov 26, 2020 at 4:19 pm

    Hell will freeze over, before that happens.
    Several countries would veto: Denmark, Hungary, Poland, Greece,

    https://static.dw.com/image/42718925_403.jpg

    Reply
    • Infidel Pride says

      Nov 26, 2020 at 8:24 pm

      …France

      Reply
    • Giacomo Latta says

      Nov 27, 2020 at 10:55 am

      If Merkel isn’t saying, ”ja wohl, mein fuhrer” it must be because she has sore throat.

      Reply
  15. observer says

    Nov 26, 2020 at 4:34 pm

    Anyone notice erdogan’s HORNS in the image of him above the subject heading ?

    Coincidence ?
    I think not.

    Reply
    • jirtu says

      Nov 26, 2020 at 5:27 pm

      I stand corrected. Turkey has contributed three major products to humanity:
      Turkish Delight. A diabetes-inducing sweet which originated in Persia but was first seen by a European in Istanbul.
      Donner sandwich.(especially in Germany). It’s a copy of the Arab shawarma and the Greek gyro.
      Yataghan. This is a genuine Turkish invention. It’s the curved sword which made it easy for Turks to chop the heads of infidels.
      P.S, Westerners who think Ataturk was a great man should know he edited a three-volume “history” text which said all the civilizations and languages emanate from Turkish.

      Reply
      • Brando says

        Nov 26, 2020 at 6:05 pm

        You are right,in many ways ATATURK was a Charlatan,he really did Propagate the MYTH that all languages derived from TURKISH.

        ANOTHER TURKISH BORROWING: it is a MYSTERY how it got there,it is TRILECHE.

        Trileche is a Corruption of TRES LECHES ( 3 milks ) a SOUTH AMERICAN PASTRY, made up of 3 different kinds of milk.

        It is also popular in ALBANIA,where it has the same name,Trileche.

        Reply
        • jirtu says

          Nov 28, 2020 at 8:46 am

          It’s hilarious that Ataturk and millions of Turks believe Turkish is the mother of all languages. Consider that most Turkish words have Persian, Arabic, Armenian, Greek,… roots. Take a look at the major Turkish newspapers. They all have Arabic names: Sabah (morning in Arabic), Hurriyet (Freedom in Arabic), Chumhuriyet (Republic in Arabic), Zaman (Times in Arabic), Ahval (Incidents in Arabic)… Since Ataturk, Turkish “scholars” have tried to remove the Arabic and Persian words with little success. Erdogan first name (Recep) and middle name (Tayyip) are Arabic. The Arabic versions are Rejeb and Tayyeb. Turkish! Yeah, the mother of all languages starting with the word “turkey”.

      • gravenimage says

        Nov 26, 2020 at 11:56 pm

        The Armenian Genocide continued under Ataturk, as well.

        Reply
  16. GreekEmpress says

    Nov 26, 2020 at 5:29 pm

    On a different note—Happy Thanksgiving to everybody at JihadWatch, and thank you to all the gifted writers and posters that keep us informed.
    🦃🦃🦃

    Reply
    • gravenimage says

      Nov 27, 2020 at 12:02 am

      Happy Thanksgiving to you, GreekEmpress–and to all other American Jihad Watchers!

      Reply
    • Infidel says

      Nov 27, 2020 at 7:53 am

      Yeah, hope all of you enjoyed your Thanksgiving 🦃

      Reply
  17. Rob says

    Nov 26, 2020 at 5:30 pm

    So invading Cyprus in the 1970s and occupying it since, is your way of proving your Eurocreds?

    Reply
  18. Crusades Were Right says

    Nov 26, 2020 at 6:03 pm

    There are now millions of Turks and other Mohammedans all over Western Europe. Turkey is now assuming the role of their “protector” – reminiscent of the role that Western powers – especially Russia – assumed in the 19th century as protector of the Christians of the Ottoman Empire.

    In the last couple of months we have seen Turkey/Azerbaijan inflict aggressive war on indigenous Christian Armenians in part of their ancient homeland (Artsakh), slaughtering them and driving them out. The two aggressors have now effectively linked up and formed a Turkic superpower stretching from the Aegean Sea to the Caspian Sea. And there is also a line of Mohammedan states established in the western Balkans: Bosnia, Albania, Kosovo, who look to Turkey as their “big brother”.

    If I were a Greek, or Cypriot or Bulgarian, or Serb, say, I would be VERY concerned…

    …as should EVERY European.

    Reply
    • Boycott Turkey says

      Nov 26, 2020 at 6:50 pm

      Turks are still committing Ethnic Cleansing Genocide and West does nothing in Artaksh Russia also does nothing but blame Armenians only country that helped a bit was France when it came to Greece and Cyprus in putting its navy there to warn Turkey. Turkeys threats won’t end there I am concerned who’s next I think we are doomed I wish Greeks would wake up and stop relying on other countries to come and save them and build there military strong get nuclear weapons they are to relaxed and relying on others nobody is your friend when it comes to Greece Armenia and Serbia

      Reply
      • Crusades Were Right says

        Nov 26, 2020 at 7:11 pm

        Most Europeans these days are zombified work-units and consumers, sleepwalking into a future of war, genocide and slavery. National pride and Christianity – necessary for their security and prosperity – have been utterly destroyed. They have been brainwashed to believe they are part of an all-powerful “majority” of demi-gods who have a responsibility to coddle the “other” and atone for all the evils of the world.

        The enemy must be licking his lips…

        …while making his plans.

        Reply
        • Boycott Turkey says

          Nov 26, 2020 at 9:47 pm

          True unfortunately most Europeans think Immagrantion and hating Christianity and loving extreme leftism and Islam is the key to a progressive Europe the only thing that will be progressing though is jihad and islamophobia blasphemy laws

  19. gravenimage says

    Nov 26, 2020 at 11:12 pm

    https://www.jihadwatch.org/2020/11/iran-cant-wait-for-biden#comment-2298265
    ………………..

    Luckily, I think *that* ship has sailed.

    “Turkey’s EU membership bid evaporating, Commission says”

    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-eu-democracy/turkeys-eu-membership-bid-evaporating-commission-says-idUSKBN26R2NH

    Reply
  20. Narayan Srikanth says

    Nov 27, 2020 at 4:28 am

    Erdogan can never hope to become a member of the European Union. Why should he aspire for that when he considers Europe as aa sick man. With his bigotry European Union will welcome China ahead fo Turkey if at all. Erdogan considers himself to be a Muslim leader and not as a leader of people. His egg will crack perhaps at the next turkish elections if one is ever held

    Reply
    • gravenimage says

      Nov 28, 2020 at 12:25 am

      Erdogan wants this because it would quicken the Muslim taekover of Europe.

      Reply
  21. egerstars says

    Nov 27, 2020 at 4:52 am

    Madness and a nightmare!
    Turkey isn’t even in Europe, except a tiny part of 3%!

    Reply
    • jirtu says

      Nov 27, 2020 at 11:50 am

      If Turkey is admitted into the EU, it will dominate through sheer numbers (it will surpass German population soon). It will also have the right to open the EU door to nations (Pakistan!) that are friendly with Turkey. Another candidate for Turkey’s sponsorship would be the dictatorship of Azerbaijan whose soldiers beheaded Armenian POWs in the recent war and cut the noses and ears of Armenian civilians before killing them. And yes, they shelled Armenian churches, a nursery, and dropped phosphorus bombs and other banned bombs. Eurasian Union? Caliphate Union?

      Reply
  22. OLD GUY says

    Nov 27, 2020 at 12:06 pm

    He wants to run the EU not join it. Erdogan wants all of Europe to fall under muslim/islamic rule and than the rest of the world. Beware he’s another HITLER.

    Reply
    • gravenimage says

      Nov 28, 2020 at 12:27 am

      +1

      Reply
  23. jirtu says

    Nov 27, 2020 at 12:29 pm

    Pretty good for a dictator whose coffer is empty and its lira has the value of toilet paper.
    So why is Europe afraid of offending belligerent, imperialist, and fanatical Muslim Erdogan?

    Reply

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