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The Accession of Turkey to the EU: Yes or No? Veronika Staudacher i544450 Introduction to European Integration P. Lommen October 17, 2008 Introduction Whether or not Turkey should be accessed to the European Union - or its predecessors - has been a controversial topic ever since the countries application to the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1959[1]. When the Ankara Agreement, which associated Turkey with the EEC, was signed in 1963 it recognized Tu

As Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi, AKP) begins its seventh year in leadership, Turkey is no longer the secular and democratic country that it was when the party took over. The AKP has conquered the bureaucracy and changed Turkey’s fundamental identity. Prior to the AKP’s rise, Ankara oriented itself toward the United States and Europe. Today, despite the rhetoric of European Union accession, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has turned Turkey away fr

EU wants more reform in Turkey BRUSSELS ? The European Union told Turkey on Wednesday to speed up reforms to boost its chances of joining the bloc and made a special appeal to protect the freedom of expression of Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk. The European Commission’s annual progress report on Turkish membership said Ankara has improved its [...]

The European Union has, in a draft report, called on Turkey to begin diplomacy with the Republic of Cyprus and the leadership of Demetris Christofias, with whom it has not engaged with discourse since the events of the early 1960?s, and whom Ankara has never officially recognised The report, quoted in the Cyprus Observer said that ?Recalling its conclusions of 10 December 2007, the Council notes with regret that Turkey has not yet fulfilled its obligation of full non-discriminatory implementati

Receive our latest updates by email or RSS SUBSCRIBE TO OUR FEED Buy Us A Cup of Coffee? Help Enduring America Expand Its Coverage and Analysis Direct Talks with Iran on 1 October: The Jerusalem Post reports, from a senior European Union official that “talks on Iran’s nuclear program will likely be held in Turkey” . Referring to the meeting, scheduled for 1 October, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said: “The Americans will be present in a formalized manner. Th