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[zirk]

so far 41 Dead, 239 people injured, 41 still intensive care. 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36662684

[STEMO]

Sorry to appear hard, but, if you play with fire, you're gonna get burned.

[zirk]

Sorry to appear hard, but, if you play with fire, you're gonna get burned.

So what are you saying, the Casualties have only themselves to blame then.

[STEMO]

Sorry to appear hard, but, if you play with fire, you're gonna get burned.

So what are you saying, the Casualties have only themselves to blame then.

No, sorry, I didn't word that correctly at all. What I meant was that Turkey itself has invited this kind of action. The victims, of course, have my deepest sympathy.

[biggriffin]

We need cem.

I don't think it's issis, possibility of correct if wrong, think it's the pkk, a Kurdish people, bit like Israel and Palestine.

[2boxerdogs]

Remember reading a few weeks ago that Turkey & Spain were very high on the hit list for terror attacks, all seems so senseless innocent people killed & maimed. Such an awful world we are now living in.

[gbh]

I've been through this airport many times including a couple of months ago,its about as safe as it can be.As for Turkeye itself its very complicated and surrounded by some very dodgy countries and everyday Turkish military are dying at the hands of the PKK but they have no chance against the Turks.Unfortunately for us most of the so called Turks living here are in fact Turkish Kurds that's how they get visas and residency claiming percecution in Turkey!!

[tigers_gonads]

I've been through this airport many times including a couple of months ago,its about as safe as it can be.As for Turkeye itself its very complicated and surrounded by some very dodgy countries and everyday Turkish military are dying at the hands of the PKK but they have no chance against the Turks.Unfortunately for us most of the so called Turks living here are in fact Turkish Kurds that's how they get visas and residency claiming percecution in Turkey!!

Exactly 

As for the PKK, they are many factions of them.
Some are pretty passive and just want there country back .........
Some are not much better then ISIS themselves 

And then you have the ones in the middle 

Turkey is one royally oppsed up country at the moment 

[ronnyd]

Saw on the news today that the EU are bringing forward talks on Turkeys application to join as it was part of the deal for their accepting the returned migrants. Now the referendum has voted out is Turkey going to be fast tracked into the EU?

[tigers_gonads]

It would seem that the UK was the only country with a veto that was blocking it in the first place 

[Sir Tigger KC]

It would seem that the UK was the only country with a veto that was blocking it in the first place 

I don't think so.

Britain has been Turkey's biggest cheerleader for EU membership until recent times since Erdogan has gone all authoritarian. 

I expect the EU will start admitting new countries to make up for the expected lost revenue in 2018. 

[Rods2]

Mass Middle Eastern migration and Turkey a Slangen country, with major terrorist problems. What could possibly go wrong?

Will Greece veto their application over Cyprus which is what has happened in the past.

[Doctor Gollum]

Mass Middle Eastern migration and Turkey a Slangen country, with major terrorist problems. What could possibly go wrong?

Will Greece veto their application over Cyprus which is what has happened in the past.

Just like Eurovision without singing

[tigers_gonads]

It would seem that the UK was the only country with a veto that was blocking it in the first place 

I don't think so.

Britain has been Turkey's biggest cheerleader for EU membership until recent times since Erdogan has gone all authoritarian. 

I expect the EU will start admitting new countries to make up for the expected lost revenue in 2018. 

Thought I remembered something from the remain camp that we had a veto to stop further membership increases 

[LC0112G]

Thought I remembered something from the remain camp that we had a veto to stop further membership increases 

Yes, admitting new countries into the EU requires the unanimous approval of all existing members. So we (currently) have a veto, as do Cyprus, Greece etc. It only takes one of these to vote against and it won't happen. I simply can't see Cyprus or Greece agreeing membership at the moment regardless of how much arm twisting Merkel does. These things don't normally get aired in public - they're all sorted out behind closed doors, and agreements reached, and then there is a public announcement of a 'unanimous' approval. So basically, if anyone says they're going to veto it, it's said in private and it never gets to a vote.

However, before we even get to that stage, Turkey has to meet (IIRC) 20 criteria for admission. At the last count, they only met one of those criteria. It'll be years (probably decades) before they meet all the requirements.

There is no chance of Turkey being 'in' within the next 10 years.