> I just can't understand why Merkel would care what he thinks? Because Turkey is one of the main passages of immigrants to Europe. And Erdogan can limit the n

> I just can't understand why Merkel would care what he thinks? Because Turkey is one of the main passages of immigrants to Europe. And Erdogan can limit the number of immigrants passing EU border. Turkey already got 6 billions Euro from EU to keep immigrants at their country. In politics two things matter: (a) what you can give me (b) how you can harm me Of course Erdogan can make further requests because Turkey still have these immigrants.