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- Title
Turkey's Accession to the European Union: Dilemma and Objections.
- Authors
Anastasiadou, Mersilia
- Abstract
This paper will focus upon the relationship between the European Union and Turkey in its historical, institutional and political dimensions. Turkey qualifies as a sui generis state when compared to the European and Western states because of the differences in its social institutions and political culture. There is a deficit regarding democratization and rule of law. The army had until very recently a dominant role in the political system. There is an interdependence between internal political developments and the role that Turkey is projecting in international affairs, which appears to influence its European future as well. The EU has laid down certain criteria which Turkey has to abide by, particularly as they relate to necessity for peaceful symbiosis, respect of international law and rules that concern Greece and Cyprus and also, the changes in the political system concerning democratization. These are the obvious conditions for the membership and final accession to the EU. There are also implicit fears in the European Countries, mainly in Germany and France, concerning Turkey's size and demography and the legalization of the mass migration movement should it become part of the EU.
- Subjects
TURKEY; EUROPEAN Union; OBJECTIONS (Evidence); INTERNATIONAL relations; POLITICAL systems; SOCIAL institutions; COMPARATIVE studies; DEMOCRATIZATION
- Publication
Hellenic Studies / Etudes Helleniques, 2012, Vol 20, Issue 1, p33
- ISSN
0824-8621
- Publication type
Article