Mr. Erdogan, also managed to offend along the way the almost 'unoffendable and pacifist' ( Germany's ) Angela Merkel, as well as enrage the Dutch Prime Minister : Mark Rutte as never before in modern diplomatic history of these NATO allies !!! Turkey's initial application to join the European Economic Community was first made in 1987. The EU for its part has obviously been giving Turkey the 'run-around' in its accession process & ever since Mr.Erdogan and his 'big mouth' rose to power in Turkey, the chances of Turkey ever being accepted into the EU has gone from an extreme : 1% to 0% !!! ( additionally, increasing Islamic Terrorism throughout Europe, Mass Islamic immigration and an unstable Middle East has certainly 'NOT' benefited 'Islamic Turkeys' chances of being admitted into the EU as the only Islamic majority country in the EU* )
In the meantime, the leading newspapers of both : Germany and Turkey have also gotten in on the 'brawl & fist-fight of words.' One of the leading daily newspaper in Turkey even ran a photoshopped image of Angela Merkel dressed in a Nazi uniform !!! Mr. Erdogan is the classic 'Stalinist' (wannabe) he is trying to consolidate all power by jailing anyone in Turkey who dares oppose him and is now promoting a referendum that will give him almost absolute powers; including one that will bring back the death penalty. ( the upcoming referendum in Turkey also will allow Mr.Erdogan if it passes to : dissolve Parliament and appoint Judges ) Mr. Erdogan enflamed European diplomats by accusing them ( Germany and the Neatherlands ) of being 'fascists and remnants of Nazism' and he didn't stop there he also accused the Neatherlands of massacring Muslims in Srebrenica during the Bosnian War in 1995 !!! ( Mr. Erdogan, 'the hypocrite' never wants to admit what Turkey did to 1.5 million Armenians during World War I, but he is quick to throw stones at the dark and shameful history of others* )
What does Turkey's Erdogan benefit from all of this, you might ask ? very simply a perfect 'Scapegoat', a 'Bogeyman' : The West, the EU and even Israel sometimes !!! Mr.Erdogan wants to brainwash most of his fellow countrymen that the whole world is against them; the Kurds, the Greeks, Saudi Arabia, and now even Germany and the Neatherlands too !!! Half of Turkey is 'NOT' drinking his 'Cool-Aid' but the other half are afraid of what might happen if they don't march to his drums !!! ( Mr.Erdogan has threatened to ban : Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp and several other social media websites in order to do the same thing : North Korea and China already does to a degree !!! )
The Neatherlands did not approve of Erdogan promoting his referendum on their foreign soil and even Turkish law prohibits it in the first place, but because Mr.Erdogan is trying to follow the political footsteps of the likes of Putin and others, he doesn't care much for 'Laws' the rules don't seem to apply to him 'BUT' he sure is trying to make the rules apply against all of his: critics, political opponents & anyone else he deems doesn't see the world as he does !!!
Turkey ( Asia Minor ; Anatolia*) is a great case in point of what the Church without the Holy Spirit will transform into. ( Spiritually dead congregations full of man-made traditions *) The original 7 Churches in Revelation were all in what we call modern Turkey, yet most of the small 230+ Churches still open and attended throughout Turkey are Orthodox & who are heavy into traditions and Icons !!! Great persecution and genocide against Christians through the centuries has greatly diminished the Christian population in that specific region of the world. Additionally, the once great Church buildings of the Byzantine era have long been converted into Islamic Mosques !!!
The EU vs. Turkey diplomatic 'war of words' began when the Dutch government barred the aircraft of the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs : Mevlut Cavusoglu from landing on Dutch soil as well as by expelling the Turkish Minister of Family and Social Policies : Fatma Betul Sayan Kaya from the Neatherlands; in response Turkey expelled the Dutch Ambassador from Ankara and Mr. Erdogan began to let out in the open words and feelings that he has against the EU and been repressing for quite a while !!! Both Germany and the Neatherlands demanded an apology from Mr.Erdogan but thus far Mr.Erdogan only seems to be adding fuel to the fire !!! Mr. Erdogan full of fury, called out all the Turks living in Germany to not only have 3 children but 5 in a bid to multiply their presence in the European Continent so that in a few decades they will be the future of Europe !!!
The Holy Bible tells us that 'Out of the abundance of the heart speaketh the mouth' and if it still was any mystery what Turkey's Erdogan's real long term plans are for : Turkey and the region the entire world just got to hear just what is deep, deep inside the heart of Erdogan and what is truly lurking in this man who wants to become the next : Saddam Hussein, the next Gaddafi and Assad of the region. ( some men never learn from history !!! )
If you didn't know; some 3+ million Turkish Muslims presently live in Germany alone. Germany began to accept millions of temporary workers during the 1960's because it needed them ( workforce ) 'BUT' as is customary the Turks never returned back to Turkey and today it is estimated that almost 80% of Turks in Germany receive some form of social assistance ( welfare ).
The Turkish referendum being promoted by Mr.Erdogan is scheduled for April 16 of this year ( 2017 ) and it concerns a series of constitutional amendments that if approved will transform Turkey from a Parliamentary Democracy to a Presidential system that would give Mr.Erdogan the opportunity to run two more times as the leader of Turkey until the year 2029 ! ( somewhat something similar like what Putin pulled off years ago in Russia *)
Thank GOD Almighty that Turkey is 'NOT' a nuclear power !!! If you are a regular visitor to EUinProphecy.com you are very well aware that Turkey is "NOT" going to be the Epicenter of any Islamic Caliphate !!! ( some Bible Prophecy teachers are promoting this erroneous idea but that's their interpretation *) NATO months ago perceived that Mr.Erdogan had 'unholy totalitarian ambitions' and several months ago removed all NATO nuclear missiles and armaments from Turkey so that they wouldn't fall in the wrong hands of some Islamic Caliphate wannabe : Mr. Erdogan*
According to a recent poll 'most' of the population of Turkey does 'NOT' approve of where Mr.Erdogan is leading the country, 'BUT' because he is persecuting any and all dissent most remain quiet, most people of Turkey rather enjoyed the secular past of their country, today their is a fear of where there country is headed and most know that its farther and farther away from the European Union and closer and closer to what : Saddam Hussein and Bashar-Al Assad in Syria took their respective country to*
This student of Bible Prophecy has always : interpreted, believed and taught that Islamic Turkey is 'NOT' going to be a producer of any of the final 10 King's of Revelation. The truth is that Islam is a 'Kingdom Divided' and a Kingdom divided against itself ( Sunni vs.Shiite) cannot stand forever and most certainly Islam nor the Arab League are no exception !!! The truth is that the Arab League is not anywhere united : politically, militarily nor economically as the Europeans are in the Eurozone and the EU and NATO !!!
( if Islam were to be truly one they would have decimated and defeated Israel 'long, long' ago !!! )
In sum, Turkey will fully turn against Israel in these last days; Mr.Erdogan long ago already showed his 'true colors' as well as his true face; he is playing all sides, sometimes he makes deals with : ISIS, then with Putin's Russia and he is presently supposed to be on good terms with Israel 'BUT' we all should know by now what he is up to and that is that he wants Turkey and himself at the helm of a new Islamic Caliphate 'BUT' that's never going to happen, the Islamic world is 'way, way' too divided and : ISIS, AL Qaeda, Iran, Saudi Arabia as well as the Arab League and several other Islamic powerbrokers sure do 'NOT' trust anyone else to tell them what to do and Turkey's Erdogan is no exception !!! ( everything is going to blow up on Mr.Erdogan's face in the future, just you see* )
By : Mario Romano. This servant of Jesus Christ in 'NO' way is enjoying the present state of our fallen planet filled with an almost perpetual state of warfare, nor does he delights in the death and destruction of the wicked. Satan has so 'DECEIVED' most of humanity that we are in no position to : laugh, gloat or celebrate the 'eternal death' of so many human souls that were created in the 'Image of GOD' and who choose out of their own 'freewill' to ignore and reject : JESUS CHRIST and His gift of Eternal Life to anyone who 'REPENTS' of their sins and asks Him for forgiveness. The Holy Scriptures reveal to us that as bad and evil as this generation is there have been even worse one's in the past and this final one is 'NOT' going to be exempted from the Wrath and Judgement of our Holy Creator !!!
