>>212994356>turkey is a democracy-autocracy hybridLiterally every democratic country is some hybrid of a "democracy" and a authoritarian system, be normally a bureucratic oligarchy
>80 million muslimsThe European Union celebrates and encourages the increase of muslim population in europe, arguably you would prefer to have a country that leads softpower among them (except you dont because that would piss greatly israelis, iranians and saudis)
>a chaotic economyThis would change if they joined the EU
The real reason is that turkey is a semi-militarized country that constantly does skirmishes in the middle east, has tensions with israel and iran, and has a large population that would easily tip the european economy and its buying power eastwards.
Same reason Russia was never let in and Germany is constantly shunned for trying to trade eastwards.
The atlanticist coallition headed by France and the Uk, want the EU political and economic landscape to be centered in a atlantic (with americans and canadians) axis