Tagged: Turkey

I see that the Euro 2016 football tournament hosting rights have been awarded to France. Italy and Turkey were also in the running. Now one can think of many reasons why Italy should not host the tournament. France, the only reason I have against it is that they hosted a World Cup in 1998. Surely it should have gone to Turkey? Turkey is a country which is progressing on many levels, both economically and socially. It will increasingly become an important trading partner, but more than that they are a connection to the Middle East, which is full of countries …