Junior ScienceRefresher published this article page no 15 in addition the greek republic of cyprus which joined the eu in 2004 had made repeated complaints that turkey had failed to open ports in north cyprus to greek cypriot ships. this latter point provided a legal justification for the thwarting of accession negotiations. however there are more important considerations. turkey has a population of some 70 million most of whom are muslims. the eu is a predominantly christian or post christian union. several eu states have already significant turkish enclaves and there is widespread unease at the prospect of free movement of 70 million turks across the eu. tony blair initially used terms such as celebrating cultural diversity in reference to turkeys potential contribution to eu identity. in the wake of atrocities by home grown terrorists in the uk this rhetoric has been dropped. instead the emphasis is now on facilitating an understanding of democracy and moderation by a predominantly muslim state and the promotion of this model to neighbouring states that remain part of the axis of evil junior science refresher magazine buy.
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