Lostplanet22 said:
Booh! said:
Lostplanet22 said:
Booh! said:
Lostplanet22 said:
TeddostheFireKing said:
Lostplanet22 said:
why do you expect UK to help Israël? European countries are having rather an neutral stand against Israel and an better relationship with Turkey. Turkey is on the way to being the country with the biggest population and being the biggest economy in 'Europe' an military action on it is going to be pain in the ass... |
the population of Turkey is roughly 74 million, which isn't that much more than Britain and France (about 60 million) and a bit less than Germany (80 million), also, economically speaking, Turkey's GBP is roughly 1/3 of that of Britain, France and Germany, so I don't see how they are going to become the biggest economy in Europe any time soon
and at present I don't think we should interfere with Turkey's and Israel's dispute until something much larger happens (oh and JoelCool, I doubt Britain would send troops to help Israel, its more neutral like the rest of the European countries rather than pro-isreal like America)
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I wrote' on their way' the reports of the population are between 74-78 million, secondly they have (one of the) highest population growths in Europe so yeah they will be the biggest population quite soon especially if your population grows with more than a million a year while the population of Germany is stable'
Turkey's has also one of the biggest Economic growths of Europe. For 2010 it was + 8% compared to Germany/Uk/France a big difference, and Turkey is also lucky to have a young population, while in Europe they pay to take care of the granny's in Turkey they can spend the money in investments... Sure it can take another 10-15 years before Turkey becomes the biggest economy but time flies and 10-15 years are nothing when you are talking about investments.
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The GDP of Turkey is just 1/3 of the GDP of Italy, 1/2 of those of Spain or Russia. Turkey has a long road ahead, and it's not an easy one like many have already pointed out here. On the other hand, Russia is gaining more and more political weight in Europe.
A military incident between Turkey and Israel could be very dangerous. It is true that many european countries are pretty neutral toward Israel, however many south-european countries are somewhat against Turkey. The result is unpredictable.
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And ten years ago it was 1/10th of the GDP of Italy....And?
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It won't last, like it didn't last for Ireland and Spain.
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Yes agree, if they have to beg in Beijing for money Italy will not last long anymore.
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Why not? USA begged China for years now, Italy can do the same.
