"If Turkey is 95% in Asia what about Cyprus?
By Bob Maltz
Published: November 26 2004 02:00 | Last updated: November 26 2004 02:00
From Mr Bob Maltz.
Sir, I am surprised that when Valery Giscard d'Estaing consulted his atlas and noticed that 95 per cent of Turkey is in Asia, he failed to notice that 100 per cent of Cyprus, nestled off the shores of Eastern Anatolia and recently welcomed with open arms into the European Union, is in Asia.
He then goes on to raise the spectre of EU membership for Morocco, which would not be all that surprising as his atlas would have shown him that Morocco lies far closer to Europe than Cyprus does.
Perhaps 'selective geography' is one of the 'contributions of rational and scientific thought' to which he refers as one of the defining characteristics of Europe.
Bob Maltz, London N8 9HR, UK"
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