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They are Muslim, along with the fact that the overwhelming majority of both their territory and their population is/lives in Asia, rather than in Europe.
Choose the primary reason for which Turkey is not considered Europe or European.
This poll is biaised,it has too many negative answers,only one positive,not that many choices anyway.
It's the easiest way to blame turkey for everything.
They are Muslim, along with the fact that the overwhelming majority of both their territory and their population is/lives in Asia, rather than in Europe.
Not a good point,Cyprus is technically in Asia but a member of the EU.
The same reason why Kazakhstan is not really considered as European, despite a small part being in Europe. It's the Muslim world and Europe is like someone else mentioned here traditionally and culturally Christian. All of Turkey and Kazakhstan may not be practising Muslim, but they are still culturally and traditionally Muslim. And people in those countries looks nothing like other Europeans.
For me, Georgia and Armenia feels (based on the pictures I have seen from there, and their Christian religion and culture) more like Europe than Turkic and Muslim countries like Turkey and Kazakhstan.
So European union is based exclusively on religion,so the notion of democraty has totally disappeared
Because it is neither geographically (aside from a small part) nor culturally European, without forgetting some open issues with Europe such as the invasion of Cyprus or Armenian genocide.
Plus, it's not an insult to say "Turkey isn't European".
It's not and I don't think any Turk does bother at all, they are (and they should be) proud of their heritage and history.
Because it is neither geographically (aside from a small part) nor culturally European, without forgetting some open issues with Europe such as the invasion of Cyprus or Armenian genocide.
Plus, it's not an insult to say "Turkey isn't European".
It's not and I don't think any Turk does bother at all, they are (and they should be) proud of their heritage and history.
Sorry,it is both geographically and culturally european,don't you forget that bosnians and albanians are descendants of turks.
Europeans did not have issues with the genocide committed by the french in Algeria,it's like cherry pick.
These are faked excuses that have nothing to do with Turkey.
Germany was not prevented to join the EU for the war crimes and genocide committed during world war II
Shameful and wrong,Europe has already few muslim countries : Albania,Bosnia ?
Maybe europeans should move these countries to Asia to feel safe ???
Nothing "shameful" and nothing "wrong" - that's how Islam encroaches on other territories - conquering the countries, forcing their inhabitants to convert and then pretending that it was "historically Islamic lands."
That's the history of Balkans under Turks for you ( just an example,) that's how Europe got so-called "muslim countries" in the midst of it. ( And yes, if those countries could have been moved to Asia somehow, that would have saved a lot of grief to Serbs in Kosovo at least.)
Islam has no place in Europe - end of.
Nothing "shameful" and nothing "wrong" - that's how Islam encroaches on other territories - conquering the countries, forcing their inhabitants to convert and then pretending that it was "historically Islamic lands."
That's the history of Balkans under Turks for you ( just an example,) that's how Europe got so-called "muslim countries" in the midst of it. ( And yes, if those countries could have been moved to Asia somehow, that would have saved a lot of grief to Serbs in Kosovo at least.)
Islam has no place in Europe - end of.
Haven't all religions done that at one point in history? Christians certainly did so.
And I certainly don't have to mention Srebrenica, don't I? Very Christian behavior...
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( And yes, if those countries could have been moved to Asia somehow, that would have saved a lot of grief to Serbs in Kosovo at least.) 
