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"Madam President, Turkish accession to the EU is important in its own right but is especially so now in the light of the UK referendum. Immigration alone makes this a contentious issue as Turkey, which has been trying to join the EU for many years, is allowing Erdoğan
to blackmail the EU into accelerating the process.
Turkey is not even part of Europe. Ninety-seven per cent of it is in Asia, and although like us it has a history that shares the glories of Greece, Rome and the Italian Renaissance, it is not part of European culture. Under Atatürk Turkey became a secular nation, but more recently it has been moving towards Islamism as it was practised in the 6th century.
Does the EU really want Turkey as a member? What will accession mean? We do not even know for certain what the true population is – figures range from 75 to 79 million. Turkey is also home to millions of refugees who could, in the future, be given a Turkish passport. When Turkey becomes a member of the EU all these people will have the right to come to Britain. Labour, Lib Dems, Greens and Conservatives all support Turkey’s entry and, incidentally, the Tories are members of the Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists, a pan-European party in which one of the members is Erdoğan’s own Justice and Development Party. Turkish membership alone is a big reason for the British to vote to leave on 23 June."@en1
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