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Who failed Turkey: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan or the West?

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      Eh, at the same time, the EU were quick to let Greece in, even though they had an ongoing territorial dispute with Turkey (not to mention their now famously destabilizing financial regime), and...

      Eh, at the same time, the EU were quick to let Greece in, even though they had an ongoing territorial dispute with Turkey (not to mention their now famously destabilizing financial regime), and Greece turned around and used that territorial dispute as a major reason to block Turkey's application for membership. There is blame the EU should shoulder when it comes to Turkey's current position in the world, and the way it handled Greece is part of that story.

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