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Greek myth of abduction of Europa by Zeus in the form of a bull, re-enacted at the opening ceremony of the 'European Games', a sports event, in Baku in 2015 (Photo: kremlin.ru)

On Erdoğan and Europe's 'ontological' choice

In a recent speech in his Çankaya Palace in Ankara to EU countries' ambassadors, Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan proclaimed that: "The EU accepting Turkey as a full member will be an ontological choice in terms of the future of the Union."\n \nHis tone was conciliatory, but the content - designed to impress, with a long list of Erdoğan's contributions to solving Europe's problems: Syria, migration, the Covid-19 pandemic, and so on.

He promised Turkey could solve even more EU ...

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Dessislav Valkanov is a professor of classical German philosophy at the University of Plovdiv in Bulgaria.

Greek myth of abduction of Europa by Zeus in the form of a bull, re-enacted at the opening ceremony of the 'European Games', a sports event, in Baku in 2015 (Photo: kremlin.ru)

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Dessislav Valkanov is a professor of classical German philosophy at the University of Plovdiv in Bulgaria.

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