Turkey is one of the countries that are trying desperately to join the EU. Of course, if Turkey does not want to be left behind (economically), it has to become a member of the European Union.
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Best selling Turkish novelist Elif Shafak was accused of breaking article 301 of Turkey’s penal code: which envisages up to three years in jail for “denigrating Turkish national identity”.”. Today a court acquitted her.
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