Europe is worried about Turkish birth rates, while Turkey is worried about Kurdish birth rates
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James Nguyen13 said:The Turkish Government might have legitimate reasons to be concerned about the Kurds, but Europe doesn't really have that same issue with Turks because they've become quite Westernized, and their birth rates aren't significantly higher than what you see across the rest of the European Union.
From a different perspective, Europe actually has much more significant reasons for concern: the sheer volume of hundreds of thousands of people crossing its borders every single year.
Not according to my friend, a Turk from Istanbul who tells me they all get a bit uneasy whenever they look at anything 'right' of the European parts and Izmir...
The Westernized Turks are really just a minority, and even they struggle with acknowledging the genocide against Armenians. They outnumber Kurds, who were actually quite prominent during the Armenian pogrom, and honestly, it’s a country that just doesn't belong in Europe. Not because of the geography, I mean, but because of the religion and the history. Still, I suppose they have massive economic potential.