the Summit disappointment in Turkey
Turkey on its Road to the EU
Should Turkey ever join the Union?
The accession to the EU is a high priority for Turkey and its society. It has also its long history.....
Well, I guess Hans' pessimism now leads him to some biased conclusions. Who is more hypocritical in the last months? EU or Turkey? I am certain that the former's undecisiveness leads the latter's disorientation. That should be noted before any more analyses can be produced....
Turkey and the EU
by Hans A.H.C. de Wit
It became clear the last weeks that the Turkey will never be an EU member.The hopes were high until last year, but its obvious that the Turkish government stalled the reform process which makes it necessary for each aspirant member to fulfill its obligations. No excuses anymore. So simple is that. In the meanwhile, the EU moves on.
While some Turkish columnists believe that Turkey is the only country which is left out by the EU, they forget that Israel and Morocco where immediately rejected by the same council. And it shows how badly the Turkish public is informed about the EU process. Not the EU but the current government are using the EU as a carrot.......
Erdogan accuse Sarkozy de duplicité
Charente Libre (France)
14 décembre 2007
Le Premier ministre turc Recep Tayyip Erdogan a accusé mercredi le président français Nicolas Sarkozy de tenir un double langage au sujet de l’éventuelle adhésion de la Turquie à l’Union européenne (UE)."Membership Is Being Taken Away"
BİA - İstanbul,Turkey
Dr. Cengiz Aktar is pessimistic about Turkey's accession to the EU if the current atmosphere continues. As the Portuguese period of EU presidency ended, ...
EUX.TV - Turkish membership dominates talks over EU's long-term future
ILLEGAL MIGRATION STRAINING TURKEY’S TIES WITH GREECE, EU - Eurasia Daily Monitor
Turkey's economy | A cloud no bigger than a hand | Economist.com
Erdoğan watches as EU sails by
Mehmet Ali BirandYusuf Kanlı: Sarkozy, Turkey and EU
Disclosing to the Turkish public the decision of his government to apply for full membership in the European Union, late President Turgut Özal had said, “this is a long and winding road.” Was he expecting the process to be as difficult as what we have lived through so far? From our private discussions with the late president at the time, we can say for sure that he was anticipating even a far more difficult process but was confident that sooner or later Turkish membership in EU would be achieved. Although, including this writer, the vast majority of the Turkish media and intellectuals were critical of the reforms Özal had unleashed one after the other during those years, a retrospective analWe don't take 'No' for an answer
Özdem SANBERKBig funds will be required to align agriculture sector with EU
European Union funds worth of 290 million euros will be made available for the next two years to help Turkey's harmonization process in the agriculture sector, but more resources areTurkey eyes EU summit, hopes stymied by Sarkozy
As Ankara ups criticism of Turkey-skeptic French President Nicolas Sarkozy ahead of the start of today's summit of European Union heads of state, Paris is not willing to engage in a bitter battle ofTwo more chapters to be opened next week: diplomat
Two more negotiation chapters will be opened next week by the European Union in a move to satisfy Turkey which was infuriated by the recent decision of the 27-member bloc to remove the6. Désunion méditerranéenne
Courrier international (France), no. 893, jeudi, 13 décembre 2007, p. 13
Rudolf Chimelli, Süddeutsche Zeitung (Munich)
L’alliance qu’envisage le président français ne pose pas seulement un problème aux riverains du Mare Nostrum. Elle se heurte aussi à l’opposition catégorique d’Angela Merkel. Un léger handicap…Sarkozy opposition shoots EU in the foot
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, a staunch opponent of Turkey's EU bid, continues to do his best to block Turkey's path to accession, which he thinks does not have any place in the EU.Press Roundup
Judges who don't pay heed to law
A report released in late November by the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) on new regulations prepared in the context of EU adjustment laws should put everyone, especially politicians, on alert.The Economist Turkey's economy A cloud no bigger than a hand The Turkish economy is doing well, but it is also vulnerable
UPI Analysis: Turkish worries over Iraq By CLAUDE SALHANI
International Analyst Network Turkey’s transformation inevitable, but Anti-Christian and ultranationalist mood gain force.
Security Council deplores failure of Greek and Turkish Cypriots to start negotiations - International Herald Tribune
Comments
Two years on a row, Turkey didnt do anything...
Yes, they are receiving money all the time (yesterday 300 mill to improve their agriculture)
I am not only biased but allergic for EU-Turkey Talks as well..))
Posted by: Hans | December 16, 2007 10:03 AM
Hans, come on... Yes, the Turkish government should have done more the last two years but this cannot be an excuse for the EU's apparent religious bias toward Turkey. 300 million Euros for agriculture? That's a tiny drop in the bucket, compared to the advantages and the money that flows into the EU from Turkey as a result of the customs union. The EU is sucking up like a vampire. Why customs union before Turkey becomes a member? It's a colonialist attitude of the EU that needs to be criticized here. The nationalist backlash in Turkey is a result of the EU's attitude. EU is left hostage in the hands of duplicitous politicians like Sarkozy and Merkel. Europeans are by far the most racist people in the world today, beyond that supposed 'civilized' veneer; they make the Americans look way advanced in race and religion issues.
Posted by: Mitat Yerli | December 16, 2007 08:36 PM
Dear Hans,
if i didn't know you I would say how crude you think. I will just say your comment is too crude to be intelligible at all...
Posted by: erkan | December 16, 2007 09:24 PM