EU should show political maturity and fast-track accession of Turkey

THE 39 who lost their lives in the New Year’s Eve Isis attack in the Reina nightclub in Istanbul came from 14 different nations. They were dancing the night away above the sparkling Bosphorus when the gunman burst in and unleashed his murderous hatred.
Isis is attacking Turkey where it is at its most diverse and cosmopolitian, in the hotels and night-clubs of its chichi neighbourhoods. It was a horrific start to a year which will doubtless see more atrocities before it’s out. But at least it makes some things clear. The so-called Islamic State of Syria and Levant is attacking Erodgan’s Turkey because Turkey is part of the attack on Isis in Syria.