text: The long, tortured and triumphant history of Turkey and its past incarnations as Ottoman Empire (Islamic), as eastern Holy Roman Empire (Christian) fills volumes of books. Its recent roles in WW1 and WW2 illustrate the contradiction - friend of Germany then foe. Let me just say Turkey is uniquely Turkey in all respects. It is only for its people to decide, not for any foreigner to meddle. Nevertheless Turkey have tried being close to Europe but this experiment has failed. It will exit both EU (not approved) and NATO. You know what, same thing for UK whose experiment with EU ended. Do you see Turkey meddle in UK?