the Turks conquered it and keep it, but not for long.

and get rid of this criminaly insane Islamist demagogue

This loud-mouthed idiotic man has done it again. He's put his mouth into top gear and his teeny weeny brain into neutral. He'll be doing the EU a big favour if he gets out. Who the hell needs him anyway. His only real ally today is Iran. I suppose he has lots in common with the Iranian ruler. They both look like monkeys.

just saying that they are no longer interestet in the EU but in playing a leading role in the arab and muslim world. Thats why they are blaming israel, because they won't gain respect in the arab countries without blaming israel.

Turkey will shoot themselves in the foot.

Looks like Turkey will support a Palestinian state in the UN so "Palestine" will recognise the Turkish Cyprus state.

Turkey has 2% land in European continent but 100% mentality of Middle Eastern carpet traders. Cyprus is 100% in Asian continent but Cypriot Greeks have mostly European mentality.

I have no doubt in my mind that there will be a EU many years from now and in fact a stronger one. I am not sure if there will be a Turkey with borders from Hakkari to Edirne though. The way it looks Turkey may not have Iran in its eastern border, instead another new country.

Cyprus is east of some parts of Turkey? OK. Why don't you accept that we don't want Turkey in EU and stop whining?

And by the way Turkey is not a European country, even they have a small piece of land in Europe. When Europeans will start to realize this and stop leaking their behinds?

people of Turkey that are going to pay the price. He just needs to shave off a little bit of his moustache on both ends...and put on a brown shirt....

The EU secretly wishes Turkey would just drop its bid. It will never be accepted anyway.

daily rants and Israel-bashings out of its position of strength and wisdom, not fear of anything. We have long ago stopped being afraid of any threatening poilician, let alone the caricature of a new Hitler, namely Erdogan. Israel is no more in the situation of WWII when millions of European Jews were butchered like sheep at the Polish, Austrian, Czech and German slaughter houses. Never again ! That is why, Erdogan and all his Islamo-Fascist allies (i.e. Iran) should be duly and sternly warned of the imminent dangers they will face should they even try to tamper with Israel (I would advise you to keep your rusty war ships at home !). Therefore, please do not read into Israel's silence as anything but strength, determination and readiness to use all means in order to defend herself.

Who is Turkey to dictate who should and shouldn't have the EU presidency when they are not even a member. With these threats, not only they should never be allowed membership, they should not be allowed to receive any EU benefits. Blackmail is a crime. All Turkey knows is making threats when it doesn't get its own way.

I wish Dan Gillerman would be the foreign minister in stead of liberman. Do you remember his speaches in the UN? He would face the situation much better than liberman.

Everyone knows that Turks are NOT a European nation. The time has come to return the part of European continent they are occupying illegally to Europe (Greece) -including the city of Constantinople-and to remove the minarets from the Church of St.Sofia. While we are at it, the Turkish occupational forces must leave Cyprus, the Kurdish lands must be returned to the Kurds immediately, and Mount Ararat to Armenians.

France has 5 million and Germany 3 million Turks. They have experience of them and good reasons to deny membership to Turkey.

No more Beko fridge/freezers that burst into flames and kill people on sale in Britain. I'm sure that we're all shivering in our boots at Erdogan's blustering. If you want to see the back of Erdogan,do this: One,two three,all together,HA HA HA HA A HA A HA HA HA.....!! THREE CHEERS FOR ISRAEL!!!

Exact geographical location nowadays is not the critical factor in choosing who is or will be in the EU. You will see pretty soon Israel will also be part of the EU. Israel already participates into the Eurovision competition and other European activities, and already has a special status with the EU. Size iyi gunler dilerim!

The Turks tell EU to not let an EU member to be presidency, while Turkey is not even an EU member at all! The Turks demand from Cyprus to stop drilling from a site which is not even near Turkey at all. The Block 12 Cyprus plans to start drills is just near Israel and Egypt. The Turks are the most arrogant nation I even met in my whole life.

May be will follow ...

Move eastwards, where you really belong.

...Europe cut off!! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA.....!! THREE CHEERS FOR ISRAEL!!!

Does he really believe that this that all this Gungo Ho Machismo is impressing the Arab Street Just how many countries and individuals in the past have become self appointed champions of the Palestinian cause only for us to realise that the MAJORITY have done it for their cynical self interest alone Wether its Hezbollah, Chavez - that plonker Bishop Twit Tu,,Ahmadinejad, Carter......the list goes on and one..and now Macho Man Erdogan all seeing MY CAUSE as an opportunity to further theirs Take Erdogan and LISTEN to his speeches. Anything in it about ways to HELP our cause in a PRACTICAL MATERIAL WAY? Nothing of the sort. HE SEES THIS as an opportunity IN the Arab Worlds time of upheaval and change to take over the mantle of Big Brother of the Arab World ERDOGAN DOESNT KNOW the Arab World. Does he think that Egypt, Saudi or indeed Iraq and the North African States would contemplate for a moment awarding him with that prize? Obvoiusly HE DOESNT KNOW Arabs

You give a thief enough rope, he will eventually hang himself. Well, Erdogan is heading to political suicide.

The world has lost Gaddafi as the chief nut who overestimated his importance in the world now he is gone the man who sees himself as the new Kalif of the Turkish empire is hoping to take up Gaddafi's mantle. He is sending warships to the Mediterranean with orders to fire on Israeli ships trying to enforce the Gaza blockade. He is illegally changing the codes in the F16s so Israeli jets are considered an enemy and he can shoot them down. Now whilst wanting EU membership is threatening to freeze ties if the EU gives Cyprus ( an EU member ) the rotating presidency. I don't actually see a reason to allow Turkey to object as Turkey is not a member of the EU whilst Cyprus is. Gaddafi, Ahmadinejad, Erdogan the three stooges.

You give a thief enough rope, he will eventually hang himself. Well, Erdogan is heading to political suicide. ------------------------------------------- wish he hurry up and do it quick It be a better place without him

so what, what is turkey to the EU, the fact that the EU did not approve the membership of turkey in the EU is a signal that EU don't need turkey, ha, ha, ha! let turkey be one of the "slaves" of iran, ha, ha, ha!