"Despite the chorus of pious hope, Turkey is not going to join the EU
There will be no place at the table for Ankara in any foreseeable future, and the most profound reason is geographical
Geoffrey Wheatcroft
Monday December 18, 2006
The Guardian
Of all the temptations of journalism, prediction is the most dangerous. Soothsayers in our trade are usually made to look foolish by events. The best answer was given by the fabled correspondent in some distant spot who, asked by an importunate foreign desk (in the days of abbreviated cablese) to file "soonest,fullest,whatnext happens", responded succinctly: "Myballs uncrystal.""
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