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by inglor_cz 14 days ago
Knowing when to stop is a non-trivial virtue, unfortunately politicians love to build empires.

It would be more natural to add Turkey than Canada, provided that Erdogan dies or otherwise loses power. (At this moment, I don't believe in him losing power peacefully.) At least it is contiguous with Europe and even though majority Islamic, the population isn't fanatic about it and there is a clear cultural continuity with Bulgaria, Greece and Cyprus.

Canada as a EU member makes as much sense to me as Australia or Argentina, so much less.
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seanhunter 14 days ago
> It would be more natural to add Turkey than Canada

Yes. In fact we would not be the first to call Turkey “Europe”. In ancient Greece they used the name “Europe” to refer to part of Thrace that is now in Turkey.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europa_(consort_of_Zeus)#Conti...

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boxed 14 days ago
Turkey is a failed experiment of having an islamic majority nation that is modern and democratic. Ataturk made a really good effort, but I don't think it's coming back from the brink, not until there's an enlightenment in islam or islam just fades away.
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