I had heard for some time that Turkey was trying to become a member of the European Union with little success. Today I read an article about how this is rapidly changing. In 2002, Turkey's prime minister, Erdogan, made it his goal to become a member of the E.U. This bid has been unsuccessful so far, but now it seems as if Turkey no longer wants to pursue this course. They believe that the E.U. is currently in it's own financial crisis and would therefore no longer benefit them. The prime minister also feels like the "betrayed him" and no longer wants to be a part of "such a mess."
This is interesting to me, because in my Genocide class last Spring we spoke about different things that Turkey would have to do in order to become a member of the European Union. One of which would be admitting to the Armenian Genocide of the early 20th century.
Sunday, December 4, 2011
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This is very interesting because there were many concerns about accepting Turkey as part of the European Union in the past. I read some articles about this and some of the concerns were:
First: Turkey's culture and values are different from those of the European Union as a whole and Turkey's 99.8% Muslim population is too different from Christian-based Europe.
Second: naysayers point out that since Turkey is mostly not in Europe (neither population-wise nor geographically), it should not become part of the European Union.
third: Turkey might have problems is its non-recognition of Cyprus, a full-fledged member of the European Union. Turkey will have to acknowledge Cyprus to be considered a contender for membership.
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