Writing in the Brussels Times, EU advisors Alexandre Krauss and Nuno Wahnon-Martins referred to<\/p>\n
Turkey's position in NATO and Ankara's bid to join the European Union.<\/p>\n
Turkey's potential membership of the Brussels bloc played a somewhat significant role in the UK's 2016 Brexit referendum.<\/p>\n
In a pamphlet produced by the Vote Leave campaign, Brexiteers warned Turkey was among five countries \"lined up to join\" the EU.<\/p>\n
A separate poster said: \"Turkey, population 76million, is joining the EU. Vote Leave - Take Back Control.\"<\/p>\n
Even Boris Johnson, who proudly talks about his Turkish ancestry, made comments about Ankara's bid.<\/p>\n
Speaking to then BBC host Andrew Marr, the Prime Minister said: \"Frankly I don't mind whether Turkey joins the EU, provided the UK leaves the EU.\"<\/p>\n
He added: \"It is the Government's policy that Turkey should join the EU.\"<\/p>\n
However, Mr Johnson has since denied making any remarks about Ankara's plans to join the Brussels bloc.<\/p>\n
Writing about Turkey, Mr Krauss and Mr Wahnon-Martins said: \"It is almost two decades since Recep Tayyip Erdoan became Turkeys strongest political actor.<\/p>\n
\"[It] all started with a then committed Prime Minister bridging and enhancing Turkeys challenging relations with the European Union seeking, ultimately, the golden prize an EU membership.\"<\/p>\n
They added: \"However, corruption, freedoms obliteration or democratic backlashing followed by an unprecedented purge across Turkeys military, judicial and bureaucratic dimensions after a failed coup, helped to flatten what Erdogan had achieved over one decade at the eyes of Turkeys international partners.\"<\/p>\n
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