Turkey Gloats: “The Crusader Union Falls Apart”
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
Jun 25, 2016
Earlier today, we showed the front pages of British newspapers on the first day after the historic Brexit referendum. Just as amusing front pages, howeve, abound in Turkey and especially among the pro-government (and thus government-controlled) press, such as the Akit newspaper, which looks at the chaos in the UK and says “the Crusader Union falls apart” (somewhat ironic for the former Ottoman Empire).
As a reminder, many have noted that the Brexit referendum was not about economic issues as much as about immigration, and not one country received more attention than Turkey, whose EU-membership may have been the key variable that sealed the outcome of the referendum vote. Recall that while David Cameron was assuring voters that “Turkey would not join the EU until the year 3,000”, it turned out to be a lie when it was revealed that Europe was actually holding Turkish accession talks as soon on June 30.
For now Turkey may have won the battle…
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