A perceptive essay, marred only by the third from last paragraph which is delusional. Turkey was always going to go its own way.

David Fuller's view

Since Erdogan is an Islamist leader who controversially became Prime Minister of Turkey in 2003, ending the country’s secular rule since the days of Ataturk, you may be right. However, I never thought the secular EU would accept open borders with Turkey and its large population, led by an Islamist government. Having not been invited to join the EU, Turkey is now going its own way. 

(Subscribers may find this article from The Telegraph interesting: Turkey’s most powerful president since Ataturk: A profile of Recep Tayyip Erdogan)