Turkey, Istanbul and the Ottoman Empire are my favorite topics of history and geographical location and culture. Istanbul is a city so full of culture that has been built upon for 1000s of years. The reign of the Ottoman Empire brought commerce, trade and diversity to this city. In the reading for today I found it interesting about the slave children from the Balkans. I know that Greece holds hatred against Turkey and this is probably one of the many reasons they do. I think its odd that the Ottoman empire took children from the Balkans and converted and educated them. They made these children turkish and then made them slaves to the rich. The rich also were not binded by the laws and taxes the citizens of their empire were left to. Such corruption aided to the insecure government and financial situation of the empire. With corruption like this an empire will not be able to grow any further than its lowest class can support and keep up with.
Question: What is the status of Turkey and the EU, is the country close to becoming apart of the union?
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