[Kaye T. Bai]

Originally Posted by Hitman

Turkey is not europe in almost everything, and they shouldn't be so angry about that. They have their own identity, and if they want to preserve it, joining an EU that protects rights and freedom is obviosuly not their best bet. That said, I think that the EU should consider some kind of special treaty or status for countries that are not to be members of the EU, but could well trade in common. I.e., economical common space, but no allowing of free persons movement from Turkey to EU, etc.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization has something similar: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO#Co...-member_states