Should Turkey Join the European Union? | Street Interview 

Totally agree.

Çunku Türkler amerikali ve avrupalilar gibi değildir. Insan düşünür konuşur fikir üretir. Amerikadaki insanlara dunya haritasini sorsan bilmezler.

Damn, RU-vid hides one of the answers to your comment. I wonder what it might say

They make an interview in most welfare neighborhoods in İstanbul, so the result is expected. You can not see any of these comments in countryside. There is a huge intellectual gap between metropolitan and countryman.

@@okan.s hey i think this is a huge suggestion for AB because the same in my country too, nonetheless I understand it is harder to interview those who live under🤔

its because they shooted in a district that mainly high educated-liberal people lives in. Istanbul is a cosmpolitan city, people profile gets different by every district.

@@liunva2312 exactly. do these interviews in Fatih or some other areas and see the difference.

@@namehere630 If they can find any Turks...

@@SecreT-uw8nr oof

@@SecreT-uw8nr aga b :(

Young people want money without work.

Do we taking education for 16 years to clean the toilet?

You are wrong! It has already been said but there is a portion of (young) people who dont want to work, learn or do anything to earn a life because Turkish parents have a very high level of protectiveness and get everything they want so they cant be harmed or influenced because they need to work. Also there is this part of (young) people who aren’t qualified to do difficult jobs but expect to be treated like if he is of the level of a scientist. I once met a young Turkish boy who had qualified himself into an online esports events. Everyone who participated got a prize money of 2500 usd. And you know what that boy done and said? As soon as his game started he tried to be eliminated so he could get his 2500 usd prize money confirmed, there was absolutely no desire to win because he said that he could never win the game and if he tried to win he needed to play 2 days that game (forgetting that he was playing for years to get there). Thats the mindset of a small part of young Turkish people. If you shout at them they say my father may not even shout at me who are you and quit whatever they were doing!

@@erdogansevinc6475 Yes, 16 years education is to clean toilets first! First you need that working mentality! If you manage to deal with that (doesn’t have to take months) people will see you are able to do any job and that you are qualified to do the job they have educated you for! You are the example of those kids with their nose up high! Whats wrong with a workers mentality? Is that too much for you?

@@erdogansevinc6475 Yeminleki bu birkac kelimelik satirina sayfalarca yazasim var! 16 sene okuyup birsey sahibi oldugunumu saniyorsun? Milletin seni milyoner yapacaginimi saniyorsun? Afferim suan ulkenin en caliskan insani oldugunu duymayimi umut ediyorsun? Bati Avrupada dahi, zengin cocuklari dahi, calisiyor. Onu gectim 18’ine basmadan annasi babasi evden cikmalisin kendi basina yasamalisin diyor ama sen 16 sene okudum diye dunyalari bekliyorsun. Calis kardesim, gerekirse tuvalet temizle universite diploman ile ama calis. Cunku sen calistikca, caliskanligini gistertikce millet senin verebilecegin hizmetlere, yapabilecegin ise hem daha fazla guvenir hemde bu adam tuvalet dahi temizlemis bu isi iki eli ile tutup yapar der. Ama sen suan burda simarik bir sahis olarak, daha dunyanin hic bir seyini tecrube etmeden 16 sene egitim var dersen ben dahi seni ise almam, ki hayatimda 100’den fazla insani ise almis kendi isimin sahibi, birkac baska firmanin manajeri olarak calistim, calisiyorum. Senin gibi nice diplomalalilari gordum 3 ay icinde aldigim gibi isten kovmak zorunda kaldigim. O yuksek maasli is disiplin ister, calisma arzusunu soyleyerek degil yaptiklarin ile izah etmeni ister. Sende bunlar yok!

I'm sorry but the Eu is not only about economy, it's about shared values, culture and history.. so if the young Turks are looking at Europe only for job opportunities they should rethink

@@calasalos as a Turkish i agree with you and we dont think only about economy.

@@abcdefg-oz9we Exactly. People seem to forget or are completely unaware of how much resistance Erdogan faces in significant parts of the country.

@@Relaxatihon you conquered the Balkans, that's your "shared" history. European countries, with many differences among them, share at least one same origin: being christian societies shaped by the predication and teaching of the Gospel. And since those centuries their history has changed almost with the same stages: Middle Age, Renaissance, Enlightenment, industrial and political revolution etc.. Since the conquest of Constantinople, instead, Turks have always been the constant, common enemy of European people: in Lepanto with the Holy League, in Vienna, in the massacre of Otranto etc.

@@Relaxatihon people tend to forget that a lot of cultural history that made progress in the renaissance possible was found by the exchange with turkey and Arabic country’s.

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Europe is a construct 🥴

Its culturally European, since greeks are Europe's cradle of civilization

@@asphaltrider_699 wow what a boomer comment

@@denizdenakaplan3481 it's true man Cyprus is culturally Greek, therefore it's part of the eu

Thank you

Well it’s not a surprise when we think about the differences of purchasing power between two countries. In Turkey, with minimum wage you live in the hunger limit and cannot afford housing in most of the cities. In Germany, probably, with minimum wage you can afford housing, feed yourself properly, can afford a couple of beer in a pub with friends, can afford good internet connections, hobbies such computer games etc. Hence since those 18-19 years olds don’t see a bright future for themselves in Turkey, they’re even ok for minimum wage jobs in countries like Germany unfortunately. I hope it will change after the next election and the youth gain their hopes again. I’m 35 years old. My university times in Turkey was between 2004-2012. It is not a super old time. But compared to the young people’s lifes in Turkey today, there are huge differences. We were going to music festivals, film festivals frequently, did trips in Europe with limited budget. We were going abroad to get education, but it was not majorities’ dream to stay abroad. A lot of people were planning to come back. Now such things are dreams for today’s youth with the current expensive living conditions and the value of Turkish lira compared to other currencies. Hence they just want to leave.

you are right, living in mostly muslim country is bad

@@pguler Hunget limit? What are you talking about. Do you say the same everytime a European country has a crisis too? Turkey is in crisis and will get out of it in a year or so.

Meanwhile, some people living in Germany who come to Turkey for vacation say that Germany is a very bad place and that Turkey is a paradise. Can you identify these people from the videos they mention and deport them? Instead, there are hardworking, talented and honest people who are not valued in Turkey. Can you grant permission to enter the country? Because of such people, they cause them to think badly of the Turks in Germany. I hope that this situation will improve thanks to the newly arrived educated people.

Guess I'm living in the slums then. I was shocked by how "normal" the people in the video talked about those issues, haven't seen that in a while now. Here you either get molested, beaten to death or hit by a speeding car. It wasn't always like that tho. Back in the 1990's, it was a very peaceful place. Germans, greeks, italians, turks, asians, all living their lives side-by-side in peace. Then around 2010 a huge turkish immigration wave hit us, they bought houses in a bulk, ignored laws and forced back the police by sheer numbers. Even the turkish people living here before left the town because of all the ruckus, saying they don't want to be associated with them.

I agree. I hate middle east and EU at the same time.

So true. Turkey has so much potential on its own.

@@lxymichelle true we just need to get rid of the corrupt politicians

İşte o kadar!

kesin canım onlar izin verir zaten anca burdan klavye deliklanlılığı iş icraate gelince silivriden korkarsınız

We never are afraid of telling truth. I was judged by erdogan I won the trial

Francisco, I am Turkish and you are totally right about this. In Turkey engineers are making mostly around minimal wage right now which is currently equal to 267 dollars. I am a teacher and sadly teacher salaries are not much different as well. With over 70% inflation it's impossible to afford anything here working a regular job. That woman was definitely a right wing person. She can't see things clearly because of her political views. For a year now I have been working for an online teaching company based in USA and I felt like a human being for the first time in my life. I am 27 years old and for the first time I was able to afford a nice computer thanks to this job for example. Fixing this country is not my job, it's the job for politicians. We are paying really high taxes for them to fix the country but they are so incompetent. There is nothing a regular person can do other than that. That woman was just being right wing person, so she shouldn't be taken seriously. Jobs young people refuse to work for are literally slavery with over 45 hours work every week and minimal wage.

@@umut3653 Hi Umut, I'm a young person from the US so my perspective is a bit different as we tend to be more privileged in some ways. But I agree that wages have also been low especially for young adults, with older people telling us to just work harder or stop complaining. We have more debts than them, so it's harder to buy a house and be more independent.

Where do you live and work now if I may ask?

@@babyfaec I still live in Turkey but I work online for an American company so I am being paid a decent wage.

​@@Cindy99765 I wholeheartedly support you on your comment. I believe youth in USA is not very privileged tbh. 80's were the golden age of the USA and after that everything pretty much went downhill as far as I can see, but I look at things from 10.000 miles away so maybe I am wrong. Usually because we can't buy an apartment we have no will to work I believe. Older generation only worked to pay for the house they wanted to buy after all. Now we can't buy a house or a car anymore so what would the new generation work for? It's not laziness as the older generation sees it, it's hopelessness.

Turkey is part of Europe 🇹🇷🇪🇺🇹🇷🇪🇺

@@konsey9494 no it's not

Turkey is 99% in Asia but has a major influence on Balkan countries (Cyprus, Greece, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Albania, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia). I doubt Turkey will be members in the EU cause then it's no longer the European Union but Eurasian Union.

@@nostro1940 understandable have a nice day

@@adineatha9766 18 million Turkish ppl live in the European part. We have more population than 21 countries in Europe. The reason we are not accepted is because they don't want us to improve.

dayi o nick ne aman ampulculer bitti gibi bide siz baslamayin

@@elzem1388 Hayatımda ilk defa oy vereceğim ve en mantıklı ve ülkeye en faydası olacak liderlerden biri Ümit Özdağ Bir kaç hafta da Erdoğan'ı da Muhalefeti de değiştirdi. Medyascope ve Fatih Altaylı ile konuşmasını dinlemeni tavsiye ederim sen de oy verebilirsin vaatlerini dinledikten sonra.

@@CengizNoker tamam sevde körüne bağlanma.unutma ampulde zamanında reformisti

@@elzem1388 Gelecek her siyasetçi AKP'den daha iyi olacaktır ve tüm partiler dediğin gibi körü körüne ne hata yaparsa yapsın desteklenmemelidir. Ben Zaferin Hatasını görmedim Ben kendimi Liberal olarak tanımlıyorum LDP ye oy vermeyi düşünüyordum Ümit Özdağın başarılı siyaseti ve vaatleri nedeniyle destekliyorum karma ekonomi fikri tam uyuşmasa görüşlerimle dahi vaatleri nedeniyle ona oy vereceğim Zafer Partisi dışında gerçekten verilecek parti yok Ümit Özdağın Fatih Altaylıya dediği gibi sosyalistler ilçe başkanlığına mektup yazdılar TKP yerine bana oy vereceklerini söylüyorlar... diye ben de aynısının liberal versiyonuyum peki sen hangi partiye oy vereceksin.

@@elzem1388 Ampul zamanında iyiydi. Avrupa birliğine katılmanın eşiğindeydik. 2012 yılından sonra malum şahıs kendini halife zannetmeye başladı. Gelecek seçimde artık başını alır.

Yet VDL promised Zelensky fast track accession to the EU- go figure.😉

@@normanboyes4983 prommised doesnt mean do)

@@normanboyes4983 Ukraine is very very far from joining the European Union

@@normanboyes4983 Honestly, it's a different situation for two reasons: One because Ukraine is literally at war because of their desire to align themselves with Europe over Russia, so basically if the EU turns Ukraine down after this bloody bussiness their citizens will revolt, especially citizens from the east who would see it as a sign that Europe won't stand with them if Russia tried to meddle in their countries (and these are the countries that had more euroesceptics before, which means that it would destroy decades of PR by the EU), all of Europe is now with Ukraine and no government would want to be the one seen as not standing with Ukraine, not that I think many would actually want to be the bzzkiller who pointed out Ukraine has many reforms to do before they could join the EU. Second reason, it would be A LOT easier to assimilate Ukraine into the EU than Turkey. Ukraine has half the population (at the start of the war, and hopefully after not too many people will have died to change that fact) of Turkey (who has 85M plus immigrants from war torn countries), so not such an strong fear over flooding Europe with immigration, plus their society is a lot more similar to Europe than Turkey's (socially, historically, religion, you name it it's a more western country and that would cause less issues when they entered our democratic institutions like the European Parliament, the Council, the European Justice system, etc.) and their borders limit right with ours so logistically it makes a lot more sense. Another reason why it would be a lot easier to assimilate Ukraine into the EU than Turkey is their willingness to make the necessary changes in order to be able to get in. The EU requires its nations to adhere to democratic values, and Erdogan has only made the country less democratic, not more, not to talk about the fact that he has imploded Turkey's economy and Europe is not equiped to lift up such a big country's economy. Turkey would also not be willing to change its currency, nor would Erdogan be okay with giving jurisdiction power to EU judges or securing free press. Ukraine on the other hand is DYING to make those changes, to be included in the EU and get the protection both militarily + economically, and would be willing to make those changes if it meant getting accepted into the EU. Also their economy is a lot smaller than Turkey's and it would be a lot easier to get them up to speed with Poland in 15 to 20 years, especially now when the EU has already started talking about a Marshall like plan to get Ukraine up to speed with its neighbours, a plan Canada has already pledged to support and I am pretty sure the US will chip in as well

@@anabergespolo8631 I understand they are different situations. I just very briefly stated a fact. This war was started only by Putin and his dystopian view of the world.

Russians are more European than the Turkish. So what I understand Turkish people use to look more East Asian and then they migrated or conquered the current region and mixed with the locals (Arabs, Persians, Kurds and Armenians) and that’s why they look more Middle Eastern when compared to other Turkic peoples like Kazakhs and Kyrgyz.

@@derche4005 what do you mean ? We look exactly like central asian and siberian turks.

@@yagiznebioglu1852 Some Turks from Turkey look like Arabs such as the One from The Young Turk News. Some Turks from Turkey look like white Europeans (probably have ancestry from Greeks, or other Balkans race). President Erdogan looks Arab. Yes I’m aware some of you Turks in Turkey look full East/Central Asian like Kazakh singer Dimash.

@@derche4005 some of ppl looks arab that you said are kurd . Eastern part of Turkey's ppl are kurdish . They look like more arab .

@@derche4005 The ones who look like arabs are mostly Kurdish or the Turks who live in eastern part of Turkey..I live in west part of Turkey and traveled all the region.I've never encountered Turkish looking like arabs lol maybe there are a few Turkish looking like that but as I said they are in Eastern part and mixed with arabs..Turkish generally look like European or a bit Asian

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No, I'm from Turkey, too. Especially, we need network in favour of economy and energy in this era.

@@oruchimarugodofknowledge9877 they are never gonna take us

@@Kaan_is_myname97 because we don't deserve and we will cause only problem for them because we suffer instable economy, suppressed media f*cked democracy.

@@trikebeatstrexnodiff Yeaaa my man 🤝👐

O zaten 91den beri var. Ayrıca turan birligi devlet olarak kurulursa daha fazla gucsuzlesiriz

@@fuhrerptin5308 Evet. Zaten turancı değilim

Turkiye hicbir Orta Asya ulkesinin s*kinde degil, kendinizi kandirmayin

@@fuhrerptin5308 Turan tek bir devlet anlayışından çok siyasi, askeri, ekonomik ve jeostratejik bir birlik olmalı. Tıpkı Avrupa birliği gibi. Ortak bir siyaset yürütülmeli, Türk birliği vatandaşlığı olmalı v.s Yoksa tel bir devlet fikri bence de mantıklı değil

I bet they ask dozens of people and cut out the dumb answers

Turkey is different from other countries. The people have a lot of knowledge on political and economic issues. Therefore, the turnout rate in the elections is 90%. Politics and economy are discussed in the most irrelevant places, even in the fields.

@@ilbilgehatun278 Do you think AKP will lose in 2023? Also the newly formed Victory party seems to be the favorite because of their sole agenda in kicking out refugees

even though there are some people who is not well informed about this issue or any political and economic issue in general, most of the people will have at least an idea about it. we have no choice but to know what is happening. if you ask about politics or inflation to even a 7 year old, they will know. trust me because we have to know to survive.

No, I don't think so Even a 10 year old boy in Turkey is knowledgeable about politics. There is no day without politics in Turkey.

Ukraine is in war for only 2 months now. If they didn't accept them before, this won't make a difference.

the world could prevent the war in Ukraine 8 ears ago, the annexation of part of my country, the annexation of Georgia etc. The world could help us just if at least 1.5 months ago supplied us with the weapons and could prevent Bucha and Mariupol. In Mariupol already more than 20 thousand people died!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Accepting my people in the EU is the minimum the world owns to us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The cowardice of the world ... fear of Russia ..... - the whole world is responsible to a different extent in this massacre...in this war. Just someone understood it and someone did not. The world created this monster and we have been shouting to the world for 8 years. Nobody listened to us. Despite the fact that my country is on fire..in hell - even now we are not afraid of Russia..nothing ... or nuclear war. We have no other choice. And the world is still afraid.

@@user-ou3ln3np1g Same as you can't blame whole Russia for the insane massacre their leader is committing right now, you can't blame the citizens of the EU for the help that is missing. It's true that decisions from the leaders will have a huge impact and therefor need to be decided carefully, but most of the missing help sadly comes from corruption and connections to Putin. A few people, standing on top of millions, making the world burn. Here in Germany, pretty much every news source is openly criticising decisions that are made right now. Lots and lots of people try to help refugees on their own if they have the resources, while their biggest obstacle is the government putting stones into their ways. I am deeply sorry for what is happening to you right now, I can't imagine what you are going through. But it's hard for individuals to join forces and do something in a war this big if the government isn't willed to listen. I am sure you will understand if you think about similar problems that occured before this war, in which your government didn't feel the need to act and help either. This is not against the Ukraine. This is a global problem.

Turkeys economy is not bad actually is is just bad governed. And EU cant fix it.

@@jackholler3572 Turkish economy isn’t bad right? Its worst and dying.

Well, Catholics did not consider the Orthodox as their own. They waged war against each other. Now they are parts of the same union. Maybe things will change in the future.

YOUNG PEOPLE IN TURKEY CHOOSİNG ATHEİSM NOW..

Correct, and there’s nothing wrong with that either. No disrespect but Turkey is not European.

To be fair it depends on different matters, geographical? No, its not Europe. But as EU citizen, I sure would like Turkey to come join us.

I Think Turkey is no diffrent than any european country...so ...they are welcome...

exactly and both of these countries have actually rich resources and potential in terms of agriculture, tourism and much more, it’s only wrong policies and politicians that make the economy worse

you're right. Descendants of Rome and Ottoman became the beggars of Europe.

How nice to see a well-intentioned Greek against the Turks! I wish all Greeks were like this

solution is helleno turkic confederation

How do you know the people you ran into in The Netherlands were Turkish? You're mentioning the different ethnic groups living in Turkey but fail to do the same for The Netherlands.

I am from germany and maybe you should learn to differentiate.. the turks here are well integrated and do not appear in the media.. maybe you mean your maghreb and arab migrants..

EXACTLY.

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Alnından öperim kardeşim.

Because, in the end, there are not many differences between the current Islamists or the former Kemalists running Turkey. All of them are extremely aggresive to their foreign neighbours, including an EU member like Greece. So it´s normal that we cannot trust you.

@@adelinod.5568 Lol aggresive? The Kemalist government is patriotic and has no problem with anyone who does not cause problems. and our next administration will be kemalists. Erdogan was your biggest chance, but you chose to whine instead of using it. keep whining. :)

Pure truth my brother

Another whataboutery. So now your dictatorship is also Europe's fault?

@@AKumar528 100 percent. You got the gist. The key word is "also" , not "solely" I'd like to point.

@@AKumar528 The neat thing is Europe is not at fault they just found someone to manipulate.

EU will have to accept Turkey soon if EU wants to compete with China. Some reforms has to be done inside the Turkey (economy, human rights etc) but nothing unachievable. I would hate to see EU accept Ukraine before Turkey. Even now , with Erdogan and failing economy, Turkey is light years ahead of Ukraine in any parameter that counts. I have heard some opinions before that 80 million muslims would change religious make up of Europe. I find that ludicrous. I Really perceive Turkey as a secular country, and Turks as people who are more open minded then some current members of EU (Poland ). Strategically, economically and culturally Turkey joining EU is perfectly reasonable. It would boost economy input, revive whole Balkan peninsula and fortify access to ME and Asia. Problem is that both US and Russia don't want that to happen. And i must mention, North Cyprus has to be resolved before joining.

Europe doesn't want or need turks and no, their workforce is mostly low skilled. If turkey has suck "wonderful" workforce, why isn't turkey benefiting from it? Erdogan wants to unload millions of unemployed & unemployable turks in Europe so that he doesn't have to pay them wealthfare

The EU is not only about economic vantages.. We are trying to create a political and cultural confederation, and I fear that in many regards the cultural diversities between Europe and Turkey would slow down enormously the process of continental integration.. Already we have many problems in filling the gap between east and west Europe. With Turkey it would be a disaster, the end of the European dream.

If you are Albanian, my friend, you know the Turks well. We cannot keep up with the hypocritical system of Europe, the biased human rights. We do not remain silent, we will be the ones who guide that unity after a while. Greece has turned the Aegean Sea into a refugee cemetery, they blow up the boats, we find the bodies of the refugees they beat, took their clothes and money and threw them on the street. Our justice is for everyone. It is two Turks (Özlem Türeci and Uğur Şahin) who found the covit vaccine and saved the world from this trouble. Germany says that it owes its current strength to the Turks. We have established the Turkish unity, we will show the whole world how unity and justice can be by taking you with us.

Are u a Muslim?

@@arolemaprarath6615 irrelevant question

So Turkey is more similar to countries it colonized, subjugated, oppressed and raped for hundreds of years? Surely, a point in their favor

Exactly, religion is nowhere close to the only relevant cultural factor; several EU countries have a lot more shared history and culture with Turkey than they do with some other EU members.

The funny thing is, a lot of people thinks that we are arab or we have same culture with them.

In what way will the Turks resemble Arabia and India? Are you ignorant? Europeans have much more in common with Indians. It is very normal for us to resemble countries such as Albania and Greece. If you look at the DNA test of an average Turk, you will see that it is almost the same as the Greeks on the Internet.The country called Albania already carries Turkish culture in every sense. because more Albanians live in Turkey than the Albanian population in Albania. Therefore, we have everything in common, such as food, music, etc.Although we did not like each other with the Greeks, we lived together for centuries, so we have many similar points. First learn about Turkey, then comment.

@@oyku549 Umm... I think you might be misreading something, because everyone who's commented in this chain agrees with you.

Burda 10 yaşında ki çocuk bile Artık politik şeyler konuşmaya başladı maalesef bunun nedenini açıklamak diğer ülkelere çok zor

Unfortunately, even primary school children in Turkey are politically knowledgeable. Children should only play, politics and economy are not for them.

SG will not be able to join EU because they arent democracy. EU isnt like ASEAN, EU wants to be unity in politic too, and EU countries must agree to ban capital punishment meanwhile in SG someone is waiting his execution day for traficking 14 grams of drugs. LET THAT SINKS IT.

Singapore's population is as big as an average city in Turkey. The population of Turkey is 180 times bigger than Singapore. This system is useless in Turkey.

@HORUS he is Slav.. Probablay bulgarian. He could be russian as well

@It`s okay. In the Council of European Union, when a vote needs a qualified majority, you need 65% of the total population to pass a bill. Check it out, Google is your friend.

Turkey is important for Europe. Because it has risks for Europe due to its political position. If it is not included in this union, it will be included in other unions that may cause problems for Europe in the future. Russia, China And another economic deal. I also think that Istanbul, the largest city in Europe, is extremely important for Europe. There Is A Growing Threat In China. This applies to Russia. Also, your troop has weakened. after England left

@It`s okay. touch some grass

@@sm3675 get some territory.

@It`s okay. take a shower

And bro as a Turkish ı dont think we had problem with greeks as our people. 4 month ago ı was in the greece and whole people who learned that ı am Turkish, was hugging me :)) So thats why the conflict is between only politicans. But ı think there is a double standard because they were saying that turkey is not in Europe then okay. But Cyprus is an member of Europe Union. I guess cyprus take places in europe???

@@gaspare2953 yeah that's true. Cyprus geographically is not really part of Europe. They probably included it because of Greece or something, I don't know. Also, the conflict between Greece and Turkey is solely political, that's true. Here in Greece, everyone is fine with Turkish people except maybe some of the older generation. I mean our cultures share a lot of similarities and that's something that pretty much unites Greek and Turkish people

The old man in this video was based about one of the main reasons: Turkey has a lot of people, and its population is projected to stabilize at around 100 million people (more than any EU country). Absorbing so many people, with some underlying fear as they are mostly muslim, is something that I can't see happening in the short term. Just to be clear, Turkey is respected in Europe (where I went at least), the country has a fairly good reputation, but still, that fear remains. In the long term, just by its demography (and if Turkey reaches the gdp per capita of, let's say, Italy), Turkey could (maybe) become the largest economy in the EU. The EU kept a semblance of unity all these years because the Franco-German couple remained relatively united on important matters. Would Turkey leaders be on the same page as the rest of Europe, or will they become another UK ? Many issues. Still, I don't see it happening, maybe in some more decades.

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Erdogan f.cked up this country so bad that it will take at least a decade to somewhat recover from his corrupt government

But italy is geographically Europe and it was among the first nations when the union was created in 50's

Go to North Italy and say this stupid thing...

The EU forced Poland to accept woke rules, I think Turkey is better off without the EU

Swedes are Germanic and European. Italians are Romance and European. Albanians are Illyrian and European. Turks are Turkic and Central/East Asian If you stop denying your Hellenic origin and embrace Anatolian Greek culture,you can be European.

Not true at all

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@@cuntdoku Kendini Avrupalı görmüyor ve olmak istemiyor belki krd , herkesi kendin gibi görme jsjsjsj

@It`s okay. nothing bro, we dont care anymore :p

@It`s okay. They offer us islamization

@@thedukeofholland3926 or they offer to secularize themselves

I like some of US citizens. When it comes to say it’s effects on Turkey, there are lots of thing. First, USA has bad effect on economy for Turkey. Because our money currency is worthless than the US dolar. And, it has also includes racism for Turkish ppl. On good things, i like your starbucks culture and cars.

@@onur7192 Its not their fault their money is more valued than ours.

@@askosefamerve onların hatası değil mi yaptırım yapanlar kim sen Türkiye de yaşadığına emin misin rahip brunson olayında dolar 5 den 8 oldu daha sonrasında ekonomi iyice kötü oldu

@@onur7192 Türkiye'de ekonomi hicbir zaman düzelmiyecek, başta RTE varken, hattaa inanıyorumki Türkiye maalesef 25 sene içinde yok olabilir, bi ülke olarak, çünkü bunun için cok faktörler var, RU-vid'de Haluk Tatar diye bir adam var, kendisi hoca, onun videolarını iszlesen anlarsın, hem adam official internet sayfalarına girip dediklerini kanıtlıyor.

@@onur7192 Current Turkish governement is also responsible for the bad economy.

unnemployment my ass. Turks want a german wage thats why they refuse to work and try to illegaly migrate to germany

Kendisinin tuzu kuru tabi . O yeni mezunken ekonomi iyiydi hemen memur olmuştur şimdi de gençlere laf atıyor..sinir oluyorum böylelere

Damn spot on. What a Karen (and I am not even Turkish)

there are many ignorants lad

i'd blame it on EUROS. why should mid income country like Greece use euros? doesnt make iota sense.

@peristera mpazo This are post pandemic numbers which are very high even in slow growth economies, but the numbers will drastically return to lower realistic numbers

nobody cares about the UK

Wanna know who _had_ "great” growth? Europe. After WW2. Because when you build up your whole continent after a devastating war, that’s ”great growth". Maybe actually study economics before spouting even more nonsense and perhaps compare cost of living and average income.

They had very littie growth because their aconomy is so big that there is next to nothing to grow more.

Joining EU is not mean giving up their soverignty.Every counrry In EU are sovereign and free

@@eliteshownight1508 except they don't get a say in their resources or who gets to immigrate to their country. The EU is disgusting.

@It`s okay. too long didnt read

Do you think the Eu want the turds to join them lol.

@@50shadesofgday64 a good chunk of Turkish resources are in hands of European companies (for example, many Turkish banks are owned by Spanish and Italian banks), and the Turkey-EU deal in 2015 was made in such a way the EU pretty much decided who and how many refugees and migrants Turkey had to take. So Turkey is already "enjoying" the cons of a EU member... with none of the pros, that is.

Good question man

But then the channel is going to be World Boss?

Probably because of Turkey’s track record of human right’s violations. Refusing to admit the Armenian genocide kind of sets the precedent for silence on atrocities.

Because it's not even in Europe? Genius.

Europe has not had a favourable history with the muslim world even to this day.

I don't think its going to be possible. For one, Turkey is bordered with some of the more dangerous and unstable countries. Then Turkey has a very serious Kurdish insurgency brewing that will only get worse with time. Then comes the differences in cultures highlighted by Turkey's blasphemy laws and religious oppression of minorities. Then finally Turkey's mismanaged economy which the EU wont afford. The only reason the EU has worked so well is because the values and norms of all the countries are extremely similar. I don't see how Turkey can ever join in the current direction its going to be honest. The EU already regrets having nations like Hungary.

I am a Kurd and I speak on behalf of millions of Kurds in Turkey. This revolt is being done with the support of the USA and the provocation of the minority Kurds in Syria. The Turks are our brothers and our children are fighting the PKK terror in Syria. There is no rebellion in Turkey. We are happy and peaceful. We love Turks too. Do not believe in propaganda

I'd say both yes and no. Obviously, there should be some baseline but no country has everything sorted out and by the time you fix one thing there's already another. It's both unrealistic and discouraging to postpone ever major decision until "everything" is perfect. A clear framework with goals like "fixing this by year 20xx to join in the year 20xx" has shown to be much more productive but this is not the way the EU has been communicating with Turkey so far

@@jamese5936 don't you think that Turkey on the path to the EU membership would actually being more stability to the region including being a more attractive option for Kurds?

@@antons5302 Of course, at one point Turkey was going down the path that most European nations went down themselves. To being true and secular democracies however, it is undeniable that Erdogan diverted from that course. Now, it is virtually impossible, especially with the mismanagement of the economy.

There isn't any country called "South Cyprus" the only official recognise country by UN and EU it's the 🇨🇾Republic of Cyprus

@@thecrazycretanGR There is two countries in cyprus north and south cyprus . It even has a bufferzone between them made by UN.

@@yagiznebioglu1852 trnc is a de facto state recognized only by Republic of Turkey

@@thecrazycretanGR proof?

As a Portuguese I agree

@Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg As a Turk, I agree. I am already a Bulgarian citizen and I have the right to get EU citizenship, I don't care that much. but I think that if Turkey really joins the European Union, more democratic and correct laws will be implemented in Turkey. Of course, when I thought of myself as a citizen of a European Union member country, I wouldn't want Turkey either, because Syrian-Iraqi Immigrants Are Given Turkish Citizenship, and if Turkey enters the EU, Syrians will get European Union Citizenship and face the EU Migration Waves Threat.

As a German, i concur.

As an Armenian American I hope Turkey is never allowed to join EU. 🤜🏼👎🏼

@@armenrastgouian2988 I wonder why... Glad that it is not you who gets to decide for such things.

Part of Turkey need to be Greek again. Forever Constinople! Never Istanbul.

@@derche4005 We have received more refugees than the Greek population, you are right, if there is a participation, we will include Greece in our lands, we will send the families of the refugees you killed cruelly to Greece, a good idea should be put into practice😏

@@derche4005 then all eu settlers shld return to eu

@@derche4005 russia attacked ukraine with these ridiculous dreams. so disgusting. anyone who wants war is a fool. you must respect turkey’s territorial integrity. we lived in those lands as much as you.

@@derche4005 are you racist?

No, we are not European. Stop with that white supremacist ideas.

Not really it's a two way street but mostly depends on Turkey. Turkey doesn't even have a "pro-EU" politicians and as a result EU membership doesn't play any role in Turkish politics. Also PLEASE do share those "human right issues" you are mentioning :)

@@goktugkzlok3082 for example women's rights in many parts of the country (specially east) due to that cancer called islam.

@@goktugkzlok3082 for example women's rights in many parts of the country (specially east) due to that cancer called islam.

Its funny to talk about Turkey's human rights issues as one of reasons of unqualify joining the EU considering mosts EU countries commited the most human rights issues to begin with...

E.U. has already answer to this, they didnt want Turkey to join. So it's obviously, NO! Becoz Turkey's culture, religion & history are basically Asian.

That's similar to the Italian condition in cities such as Milan, although we're payed maybe better but not as we should

Cultural conflict has been the problem always. Not religious. All the conflict whichj are termed as religious hatred are all happening because of the cultural difference

The problem is that you are not a European country. Your history is one of attacking Europe. You belong to a different civilization, not a European one. It is a farce to call Turkey European. Turkey will never be in the EU, it should have good relations with the EU and a trade agreement, but never full membership.

@@MarkEliasGrant Turks just want to be a developed country EU is not our aim. Also, you need to learn history. Anatolia is one of the places where European civilization was born. European civilization was born and developed in the Mediterranean region. Later, the Romans spread the culture they took from the Greeks to the lands in the west, which they conquered. The Romans always saw your ancestors as barbarians. You did not create European culture. While European culture was dominant in the Mediterranean, your ancestors had a primitive culture. You are people assimilated by the Romans. Your origins are not genuine European. You say that our culture is different, but you also believe in a middle eastern religion. Christianity is a middle eastern religion. Jesus was a Jew and spoke Aramaic.

Pakistanlıları niye ekledin ki?

@@avapangeayt2397 Cunku oyle. Farkli kultur, farkli dinanlayisi,farkli dil.Her seyleri farkli. Pakistanlilari ulkemde istemiyorum. Bunlar Ingilitere gibi ulkede, ki Ingilterede devlet kurumlari gucludur, mafyalasip coluk cocuk kacirip irzina geciyorlar. Boyle pis bir millet.

stfu and its christian and you will not be part of eu never your not European go find your brother in arab country or Pakistan you already love those people

The civilization that started in anatolia was not from turks it was from assyrian armenian and greeks go cry mongol

The true religion is Islam, regardless of where you're from

@It`s okay. Half of Turkey is in Europe and half is in Asia. Before the straits were formed in the Marmara, Thrace and Anatolia were not separate. This is a scientific fact, do you understand? By your logic, Britain shouldn't be in Europe. If anyone is ignorant, it's you.

@It`s okay. It was Greek culture that created Europe, then the Romans took Greek culture and conquered your ancestral lands. You did not create European culture! The Romans always called you barbarians! Because at that time, there was a primitive civilization on your lands that had nothing to do with European culture. You are assimilated communities!

what u talking about the entire EU has a Workforce shortage... :))

@@maringermain6457 no they dont...they have a company opening problem...

@@maringermain6457 only workforce that is missing are either low paid jobs or require high specialization

Ok so east europeans should stay in Their country. As a german we should kick out every eastern and south country out because we do the job you guys are Lazy just making more debts and we pay for it. Greece,Romania bulgaria all Polanski idk trash countries out

I scrolled through a ton comments and didn't see anything disparaging, much less racist.

Stop reaching

turkey is typical islamic country, find out your friends in pakistan or middle east.

@@b-l7555 Found the troll

@@doga9670 again your friends are somalia pakistan bangldesh etc. u have nothing common with europeans, mixing with white people and trying to be white doesn't change reality.

With? I mean a couple central Asian nations a long way from Turkey which all fall under Russian or Chinese influence? Doesn't seem feasible.

@@hurhursjarf4527 Rome wasn't build in one day.

@@balporsugu7046 I agree, a thousand years may make it feasible.

@@hurhursjarf4527 just check out empires and dynasties build by Turkic people. You can understand what i mean.

@@balporsugu7046 We no longer live in the middle ages.

4 Reich

Totally…

Most Turks were born in Germany and hold German and Turkish citizenship.

@@GrousonGabrielle Turkey has a population of 83 million and germany has 3.5 million Turks. About 1 million of them are Kurds, of whom Turkish citizens. To say that most Turks live in Germany, you have to have no knowledge of the Turkish population in the world

:)

bruh, there is already a turkic union. you will be surprised but also hungary is a member of it.

In a geographical sense turkiye is located perfect and can cooperate with Turkic countries as well as the rest of the world. People need hope

i don't leaving without a plan is like a boss

Absolutely and we don't want to join EU

Chinese are atheist, they are not europeans.

Its the same everywhere around the world.. Not special to turks.

i can confirm this as a atheist turkish teenager. radical islamist government pushed teenagers to questioning their religion and belief. even in my class just 5 people call themselves as a muslim. i think religions are parasites around the world that are brainwashing people and are very available to use.

he basically says we shouldn't europeanize. We have our own traditions and culture.

why? let them suffer. not our problem.

@@turcarumimperator1395 Why would they add Turkey to EU by knowing it gonna create problem?(Not Turks Im talking about refugees.)

The only reason it's because they're Muslim, be honest. If European conflict is a reason, why does Germany get to be in it? They literally almost wiped a number of European nations off the face of the earth. Europeans have nothing in common other than some degree of Christian heritage. Greeks, Swedes, Irish, and Portugese have no cultural unity. A person from the Balkans has more in common with Turks than they do with Scottish people.

The whole reason to join EU is to overcome such disputes. If Turkey could improve on its production and its economy I see no reason why they shouldn’t be a part of the EU.

EU has always been a bit of a "christian club". they have never approved a muslim country.. they've rejected turkey many times. Turkey is a part of NATO tho

The EU is a total trap, France got poorer and poorer ever since, the british got out of it and they are thriving, they were smart enough to keep their original money. The EU is slowly crumbling apart.

@@adamfrandsen We do not want them unless they have a stable economy and another government leader.

The solution is to get rid of Erdogan, AKP, MHP and the refugees. Only then it will get better. So vote for Zafer.

I'm European and I agree with you. Let us be partners but everyone in its own way

Dreamer

Cope more

I wouldn't say turkey have a unique culture as a Turkish man It's just consists of Islam and its effects and I think It's kinda gross

@@areldeniz7292 why

I don’t feel that my country’s culture is ruined , it’s obvious that eu will influence turkey because of free movement of people, a lot of institutions but for me it’s a good think and people will decide.

@@kxenia7852 leave that guy,he isnt Turkish

The person controlling Turkey now is trying remove turkish culture and make turks arabs.we all hate arabs and theres a anarchy. We having a really serious problem for 10 year. A massive security breach on purpose. I would rather ruin my culture to europe instead of middle east(i m not racist but, we seeing middle eastern countries. nobody wants to live one of them.)

Sabiha Gökçen*

@@avapangeayt2397 Yaa göçmen haberlerinden sonra buraya geldim ve sonuç bu😂Sanırım kafayı yedim,uyardığın için teşekkürler🙌

@peristera mpazo Countries have their ups and downs. The development of countries like Turkey is constantly hindered by the environment. Both our position and our potential are the reason for this. I have read the articles that American analysts see Turkey's development and growth as a threat. Although we are a NATO member, it supports terrorism on our border and I am Kurdish, it supposedly helps us, but PKK terror inflicts the greatest harm on us. Although we live happily with the Turks. Russia is a separate threat, and China should not be forgotten. Not to mention the small fish around.

Slavery was abolished in 1940-1950 In Turkey when Europeans did that centuries ago.

@@Letnistonwandif slavery was abolished in 1908, in Turkey.

Considering the history no

@@johnwright9049 Yes

@@Simpputin maybe

no because theyre not a democracy

No

We already have 10 million turks here that we would GLADLY send back to turkey...you need all the "talent" you can gather

Economic Advantage over Europe?

right, all turks knows this actually we are aware of that. the main problem is liberalism. we are not liberal enough and we have many problems inside like human rights, democracy, free media etc. so we think that if we join the union yes, we might lose our advantage but we can solve other problems faster.. so thats why we want this for years. anyways, bever gonna happen u know😂

No

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@@nicovado teşekkürler:)

İmza kaşe

AB kendini bozdu kurulduğu zamanki ideolojileri ile hiç alakası yok artık Yunanistan’ın peşindenden giden insan haklarına göz yuman bir birlik oldu artık.

Unfortunately Turkish people think Europe is an utopian society

Bruh what. This is not true. Europe is still powerful. Nations under european union are one of the best countries to live in. Peace prosperety and freedom .

Hungary has equally worse policies and government, greece has worse economy, culture between spain and sweden, bulgaria and belgium isnt closer to each other than any balkan country with turkey. It has only to do with prejudices and majority religion.

@@erencanayhan8514 well some countries like greece fooled the eu. They never should have been allowed to join euro. They lied about their economy and only that's why they are in. Sure there is also prejudice. But keeping out islam from europe is from a christian or atheist perspective totally reasonable. It's not just mere prejudice. Christians will always have more in common with other christians then with muslims, a religion is always tied to culture

@@thomas.thomas The equation you create is wrong especially when you include atheism. I am an atheist turkish person living in turkey and i have alot of european friends. I can easily say an atheist turkish has more common with atheist european than a conservative christian european, which you dont even need to go that deep. Atheism in turkey is just 10% but there is something more significant in turkey which is % of devoted believers. There is again more common between a non devoted non conservative turkish muslim and non devoted nonconservative christian and atheist europeans than devoted christian europeans. The % of devoted muslims in turkey is 30% so there is a 70% whose values arent really that different from what you describe as "european", which is just being modern in my opinion and suprise suprise most of turkey is fairly modern.

@@thomas.thomas I wonder why Europeans so against their African christian brothers in EU then :) Btw being Christian makes you middle-eastern. Not european. Just saying.

@@goktugkzlok3082 literally everyone in the Middle East follows Islam, what are you on