Like Turkey, its accession talks began in 2005. Twelve years later, however, it enjoys full EU membership, while Turkey's status has stalled. Both countries are open to Turkish membership provided Ankara meet the requirements. Greece and Cyprus support Turkish accession, but not unconditionally.
With its own days as an EU member state marked, the UK's diplomatic relations are currently in flux. The British government has historically been open to Turkey joining the EU. However, euroskeptic party UKIP exploited immigration fears by arguing, among other things, that a Turkish EU member state would open the doors to Muslim immigrants.
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are loathe to criticize President Erdogan: Turkey has been a strong security and defense partner to the three countries since their accession to NATO in 2004. They see Ankara as a good long-term partner for the EU. However, like other young EU member states, "fair is fair."
EU members are mulling either suspending or ending the talks – which were put on ice in November 2016 – in light of Turkish government policies under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that have eroded the rule of law and human rights.
@MPS To the extent that Turkey really wants to join, accession talks is when EU members have the most leverage. Greece and Cyprus would presumably demand a full resolution of the situation but shutting the door as a matter of principle just makes that leverage disappear (at this point the only real question for both parties is whether to continue negotiations or open new chapters, actual ...
Turkey is not a European country – 95% of the nation’s land is on the wrong side of the Hellespont, in Asia. If Turkey is allowed into the European Union, not only would the institution’s very name become nonsensical, but it would be impossible to place a limit upon its potential future expansion.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union will decide whether to partially freeze Turkey’s membership talks in response to its failure to open its ports and airports to traffic from Cyprus.
Turkey straddles two continents and has a population of 82 million. Credit: Alamy Is Turkey in the European Union? No - Turkey is not one of the 27 member countries of the European Union. Turkey ...
Citing mass arrests in the wake of Turkey's failed coup, Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern said democratic standards in Ankara were "clearly not sufficient to justify accession.".
Finland and Sweden. The two Nordic countries have backed negotiations with Turkey, with the Finnish government the more openly supportive of the two. Both have raised concerns in recent years as the rule of law deteriorates in Turkey. Neither Finland nor Sweden view membership for Turkey as unconditional.
Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on EU member states to consider ending – or at least suspending – accession talks with Turkey. The proposal follows the arrest of a number of German citizens in Turkey, as well as a call by President Erdogan for German-Turks to vote against Merkel in the upcoming general elections.
Diplomatic relations are rocky between the two countries, but the partnership remains a vital one both for security and political interests: Roughly 3 million residents in Germany are from Turkey or have Turkish roots.
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are loathe to criticize President Erdogan: Turkey has been a strong security and defense partner to the three countries since their accession to NATO in 2004.
Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria. Security in Eastern Europe and relations with Russia dominate foreign policy among these EU member states. Regarding Turkey, the views range from disinterest to strong support. In Poland and the Czech Republic, for example, there is little public debate about Turkish accession ...
While Portugal generally supports giving other countries a chance to benefit from EU membership as it did, Spain sees a close relationship between Brussels and Ankara as key for geopolitical stability in the region. Italy, meanwhile, is Turkey's third most important EU trade partner.
Turkey’s application for the membership in the EU (1987) has brought the relationship between the two parties to the new stage. In 2005, Turkey was given the status of an official candidate for the EU membership, which made the prospect of accepting the country to the Union rather realistic.
The focus of this research is the attitude of the Turkish society towards the possible Turkey-EU union.
The study implies analysis of information sources devoted to the discussed topic. It is planned to get familiarized and compare the opinions of scholars and journalists who have been studying the public opinion of the Turkish population about the EU entry, as well as the opinions of the Turkish policy-makers.
The preliminary study of the given issue has demonstrated that the Turkish population is not homogeneous in evaluation of the outcome of Turkey’s EU membership. The tendency of opposition to the Turkey’s EU membership is expected to have been strengthening.
Study of Turkey population’s attitude towards the EU membership requires obtaining a background on the Turkish political process. Much has been said about the impact of Islam on the Turkish society. Arat’s (2005) is devoted to analysis of Turkish Islam as a power that influences the Turkish political process.
A set of factors has predetermined the polarization of the Turkish society between the sense of the national identity and socio-cultural autonomy, and the sympathy for the so-called “European new order” with its principles of democracy and human rights.
Citing mass arrests in the wake of Turkey's failed coup, Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern said democratic standards in Ankara were "clearly not sufficient to justify accession.".
Finland and Sweden. The two Nordic countries have backed negotiations with Turkey, with the Finnish government the more openly supportive of the two. Both have raised concerns in recent years as the rule of law deteriorates in Turkey. Neither Finland nor Sweden view membership for Turkey as unconditional.
Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on EU member states to consider ending – or at least suspending – accession talks with Turkey. The proposal follows the arrest of a number of German citizens in Turkey, as well as a call by President Erdogan for German-Turks to vote against Merkel in the upcoming general elections.
Diplomatic relations are rocky between the two countries, but the partnership remains a vital one both for security and political interests: Roughly 3 million residents in Germany are from Turkey or have Turkish roots.
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are loathe to criticize President Erdogan: Turkey has been a strong security and defense partner to the three countries since their accession to NATO in 2004.
Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria. Security in Eastern Europe and relations with Russia dominate foreign policy among these EU member states. Regarding Turkey, the views range from disinterest to strong support. In Poland and the Czech Republic, for example, there is little public debate about Turkish accession ...
While Portugal generally supports giving other countries a chance to benefit from EU membership as it did, Spain sees a close relationship between Brussels and Ankara as key for geopolitical stability in the region. Italy, meanwhile, is Turkey's third most important EU trade partner.