Forbes: Admit Turkey, If You Think Straight

Forbes wrote in the Forbes Magazine that; in spite of the good-willed initiatives of Turkey such as removing death penalty and on the issues of Iraq and Cyprus, the statements of France were negative. France adopted a negative stance towards the membership of Turkey to the EU.

Forbes said; Europeans are afraid of flooding migrant Turks to Europe, in case they admit Moslem Turkey to the EU. They were also afraid of Spain and Portuguese in the beginning of 1980s; however the thing which they feared, did not materialize.

The membership of Turkey will encourage laic entrepreneurs in Turkey and will be a source of pride and a model. This situation will end the alienation of Islam in Europe and also be an example to Iran, Iraq and Syria.