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Already during Erdogan's prime ministry, it was well known that Turkey is not really joining EU at least since 2010.

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Erdogan didn't come to power much earlier than 2016 though

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He was a prime minister with parliamentary majority since 2004: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Turkish_general_electio...