Sami Hamdi Geopolitical Analyst The International Interest: The EU recognizes Türkiye's value - but wants it as a security guard, not an equal member. A gatekeeper against Russia & the East. That's why customs union negotiations stall. That's why, when Syrian refugees arrived, Europe said: keep them in Türkiye, here's money. The Islamophobia dimension is real. When Syria was liberated from Assad, the German FM requested assurances there would be no Islamic identity in politics. The same bogeyman was used against Bosnia - Izetbegovic was repeatedly accused of building an Islamic jihadist state. It wasn't true, but it kept Europe from supporting the Bosnians. The same bogeyman works in Paris & Berlin today: let Türkiye in and 90 million Muslims overnight become free to move across Europe. FULL INTERVIEW https://youtu.be/StKmagCQyO0