Anti-Turkism

Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu was reported saying, in his televised speech to the nation on Saturday, that Europe?s future ?will not be written without Turkey.? One assumes he means that Turkey is an essential part of Europe and will remain so.

Turks love to mount their high horses and wax moral about xenophobia toward the Turks and Islamophobia toward Muslims in general in the West. This is also a pet theme of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and he never wastes an opportunity to bring the matter up.

Only 19 percent of Turks are in favor of the U.S., while 73 percent dislike the country, a survey conducted by the PEW Research Center has revealed. The survey, which was conducted in 2013 and announced recently, also showed that of all countries, Turks like their own the most.