CRISIS SINCE WORLD WAR II.

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF MEN

FLEEING CONFLICTS IN PLACES LIKE

IRAQ AND SYRIA.

SEEKING REFUGE IN EUROPE.

THE GATEWAY FOR SOME, TURKEY.

THE TRY TO DETER SOME, EUROPE

SIGNED A CONTROVERSIAL DEAL

ALLOWING THE EU TO SEND BACK

ANYONE ARRIVING ILLEGAL HE.

TURKEY COULD GET FINANCIAL AID.

TURKEY HAS BEEN INFORMAL TALKS

WITH THE EU BUT THE PROCESS HAS

STALLED.

>> THE PROBLEM HAS ALWAYS BEEN

THAT TURKEY WAS TO BEGIN TO BE

TOO MUSLIM.

THE MOST IMPORTANT WAS THE TOO

BIG.

TURKEY IS NO LONGER THAT POOR.

IT'S STILL BIG.

THE MUSLIM ASPECT WHICH WAS

ALWAYS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IS

MORE IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF WHAT

WENT DOWN IN THE PAST TEN YEARS

IN WORLD.

>> Reporter: BRITAIN WAS SEEN AS

ONE OF TURKEY'S MAIN BACKERS AND

NOW MANY WORRY IT MEANS LOSING

THE CRUCIAL ALLY.

TURKEY'S REACTION HAS BEEN

MEASURED.

HE DIDN'T EXPECT THE UK TO LEAVE

AND AGAIN, LASHING OUT AT

EUROPE.

DOUBLE STANDARDS ARE NO LONGER

HIDDEN.

THEY PUT MORE OBSTACLES ON

TURKEY'S PATH.

THEY'VE BEEN KEEPING TURKEY AT

THEIR DOOR FOR 53 YEARS.

I'M SAYING NOW THAT THE EU'S

APPROACH TO TURKEY IS

ISLAMAPHOBIC.

IT COULD GET EVEN WORSE.

WHETHER TURKEY DECIDES TO