New Euro coin leaves Turkey off the map

Friday September 28th 2007
Filed Under Current Events, Europe 

The design of the new two Euro coin has caused a stir after Turkey is markedly absent from the map while parts of Belarus and Russia are included.  Charges of politics have arisen as an argument for why Turkey was not included despite the intentions of the European Commission to portray a larger map on the coin.  In defense, commission spokesperson Amelia Torres stated “The idea was to have a new design that would be a more stylised design, rather than a true geographical representation of Europe, which admittedly is more difficult to represent on such a small surface.”  The possible admission of Turkey to full European Union membership has been a point of contention with countries such as France in opposition. 

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Source: EUObserver.com ~ Turkey cut out of new euro coin map



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