Because now that the mutual economy has become severe in the Greece crisis,
Turkey and Greece said, “Let’s reduce war funds by Isse no se!”*
They mutually loosened up their attitude of being wary of each other a bit.
[T/N: *Isse no se (いっせーのせ), also known as Yubisuma (指スマ), is a number-guessing hand game played by more than one person. Played at the speed of rock-paper-scissors, one player has to guess the total number of thumbs held up by the other players and themselves. After their guess, right or wrong, another player gets to guess, and so on. If a player guesses correctly, they win and they put one of their hands behind their back. If they win the second time, they’re out. Last one with at least one hand is the loser. (the purpose can be used similarly to pulling straws)]
From the very start Turkey has made an appeal that they want to join the EU, but they still haven’t let him in.
Even after they turned into a minus after the Lehman shock, they worked hard in 2010 and 2011 including the very good economic growth rate (Although there still are a lot of trade deficits…). He is starting to become so close with EU members that they are freely trading with each other, so Turkey is becoming quite noticed.
But it is sad that even though they had requested to join since the 1970s, other countries that requested to join later have joined faster than them. Even in tourist resorts, Turkish guides will squeeze this story in suddenly while they’re talking.
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