Suicide bomb attack in Istanbul

10 dead and 40 injured at Ataturk Airport. 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36658187

Terrible news. Is there no end to the wanton bloodshed? Turkey rely heavily on tourism and the more attacks there are, the less likely that Europeans will go there for holidays. Egypt is already suffering from seriously reduced numbers. Only Thomas Cook fly from Manchester to Hurghada now.

I wonder if it's anything to do with turkey wanting to join the western EU

Thank fuck we're out now after this.

scottjames30 wrote:Thank fuck we're out now after this.

Have you just got back from Turkey?

Barb Dwyer wrote:

scottjames30 wrote:Thank fuck we're out now after this.

Have you just got back from Turkey?

Turkey are joining the EU.

And Kosovo I may add.

ISIS supporting Turkey getting bombed by... probably ISIS. 

Oh dear.

scottjames30 wrote:

Barb Dwyer wrote:

scottjames30 wrote:Thank fuck we're out now after this.

Have you just got back from Turkey?

Turkey are joining the EU.

Who says and when? Can you provide dates or are you believing what the lying twat Farage stated then denied he'd said?

Reebok Trotter wrote:Terrible news. Is there no end to the wanton bloodshed? Turkey rely heavily on tourism and the more attacks there are, the less likely that Europeans will go there for holidays. Egypt is already suffering from seriously reduced numbers. Only Thomas Cook fly from Manchester to Hurghada now.

I've been to Turkey once and flew into Istanbul. I've never been since, and now it's far too close to the front line to contemplate the mither.

Even if they don't we've spent 1.2 billion pounds of taxpayers money to speed up the accession of multiple counties. 

an ungodly waste of finances.

Soul Kitchen wrote:

scottjames30 wrote:

Barb Dwyer wrote:

scottjames30 wrote:Thank fuck we're out now after this.

Have you just got back from Turkey?

Turkey are joining the EU.

Who says and when? Can you provide dates or are you believing what the lying twat Farage stated then denied he'd said?

Nothing to do with Mr Farage pal , they are a strong candidate to join the EU.

Hipster_Nebula wrote:Even if they don't we've spent 1.2 billion pounds of taxpayers money to speed up the accession of multiple counties. 

an ungodly waste of finances.

I've never been in favour of Yorkshire joining.

scottjames30 wrote:

Soul Kitchen wrote:

scottjames30 wrote:

Barb Dwyer wrote:

scottjames30 wrote:Thank fuck we're out now after this.

Have you just got back from Turkey?

Turkey are joining the EU.

Who says and when? Can you provide dates or are you believing what the lying twat Farage stated then denied he'd said?

Nothing to do with Mr Farage pal , they are a strong candidate to join the EU.

Complete bollocks as per usual.

Why spend taxpayers money then. 

the fact that they don't believe Turkey will ever join the EU makes it worse.

xmiles wrote:

scottjames30 wrote:

Soul Kitchen wrote:

scottjames30 wrote:

Barb Dwyer wrote:

scottjames30 wrote:Thank fuck we're out now after this.

Have you just got back from Turkey?

Turkey are joining the EU.

Who says and when? Can you provide dates or are you believing what the lying twat Farage stated then denied he'd said?

Nothing to do with Mr Farage pal , they are a strong candidate to join the EU.

Complete bollocks as per usual.

Ok, speak to the EU, they're considering it.

Hipster_Nebula wrote:Why spend taxpayers money then. 

the fact that they don't believe Turkey will ever join the EU makes it worse.

They haven't, the payments would have been made over a 7 year period partly in way of aid contributions towards the refugees Turkey has taken (which came out of our 0.7% budget).

Yet another lie told by leave, which anybody could go and check themselves with ease.

Death toll rises to 28 with 60 injured.

bwfc1874 wrote:

Hipster_Nebula wrote:Why spend taxpayers money then. 

the fact that they don't believe Turkey will ever join the EU makes it worse.

They haven't, the payments would have been made over a 7 year period partly in way of aid contributions towards the refugees Turkey has taken (which came out of our 0.7% budget).

Yet another lie told by leave, which anybody could go and check themselves with ease.

The EU is giving Turkey 4.5 billion euros to help it make "reforms" (this is to help it join the EU obviously) and we contributed 23 million pounds a day last year. 

we commit 0.7% on aid, this has nothing to do with our overall contribution to the EU.

The EU signed a deal to give Turkey €3 billion euros (of which we'd have contributed £250m) to support Syrian refugees there and try and stop the flow to Greece. Our contribution counted towards our 0.7% aid commitment. Considering the pathetic numbers this government have taken in contributing financially is the least we could do.

You may be getting mixed up with the €4.5 billion euros the EU committed to Turkey (alongside other states including Albania, Serbia and Montonegro) in 2014 as part of the their development fund paid over a 7 year period. Why is encouraging political reformation a bad thing?