Over 90% of Turkey is not located in
Europe, and yet for years the sovereign state has sought accession in the E.U.
in spite of Turkey’s non-European culture. That the E.U. did not act in a
timely way on Turkey’s application can be taken as a de facto “no.” Reports of
abuse of political-asylum seekers in E.U.-funded centers in Turkey may suggest
that the country’s government has interpreted the delay as a “no,” or that the
country is unintentionally thwarting its own chances on becoming a state in the
union. The E.U. was hardly blameless, as the Commission casted off any
responsibility for enabling the abuse by funding the centers where it was
occurring.
The full essay is at "Turkey Abusing Asylum-Seekers."