Before we start calling so-called democracies "democracies," should we not re-examine our terms and see if they really apply? Rectification of names and all that...
Anyways... I still do not believe that a state that is too big can have a true democracy; it may be a "representative republic" or something else, but even then, there is more at work than voters selecting people.
There are those who doubt secular Turkey really is--even if it has the appearance of being secular. The Orthodox and the Armenians have much to complain about. If Turkey is secluar, then where is the justice towards these two groups?
As for today’s Turkey, the cardinal emphasizes that the country “has a distinctly secular system and a regime that tends toward greater democracy. It is in Europe’s interest to help the country to become a true democracy, to consolidate a system of values more and more. Leaving Turkey outside of Europe risks, furthermore, favoring Islamist fundamentalism within the country.”
This sounds like a certain figure used to model membership in the Church.
About the concrete forms of Turkey’s membership, Bertone hypothesizes that “integration within Europe could be realized in concentric circles, with an inner circle of the historically European countries currently united within the euro zone, and a second level for those that are more distant from this.”
How many Turks immigrate from Turkey into the rest of Europe? And if Turkey becomes a member of the EU, will the numbers increase?
The Wielgus Case: Why He Was Removed
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