flamer84
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And I don't think Turks would want to join EU. They want all the "good" parts (Trade deals, NATO protection, Visa Free travel, ease of investments to/from Europe and so on)---but they don't want to share the pain (foreign cultures/people in your lands, low-skilled East Europeans in your markets and so on)...
Why would East Europeans work in Turkish markets ? All Eastern Euro states(bar Romania/Bulgaria who are at Turkey's level) have higher wages,higher GDP per capita than Turkey.Even Romania will surpass Turkey by 2020 according to the IMF and current growth figures.
Basically,if Turkey would be admitted in 2020,it would be the EU's poorest member according to the GDP per capita,and that with an 80 million population.I don't know if you noticed but Turkey's economy started to look a little tired and 4+% growth isn't happenning anymore,.The EU simply won't do that.
Leaving aside religious/political matters,the Westerners were outraged about 20 million Romanians,7 million Bulgarians admitted in the EU,they sure won't be happy about 80 million Turks with about the same level in GDP per capita.
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