Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Kula, Erhun

Titel

Turkey and Europe in a Historic Context

Ist Teil von

• Journal of interdisciplinary economics, 2009-03, Vol.20 (3-4), p.203-219

Ort / Verlag

New Delhi, India: SAGE Publications

Erscheinungsjahr

2009

Quelle

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Despite well advanced negotiations in the European Union regarding the full Turkish membership recently some powerful European politicians as well as others have expressed reservations about it which came as a shock to many in Europe and beyond. Turkey started negotiations with the EU in 1959 (has been the only non-member country with a customs union) and is still waiting to become a full member. The main argument of the opposing politicians appears to be that Turkey is not really a European country. This paper looks at the history of Europe and Turkey and concludes that the two are inseparably linked. Some politicians see the European Union as a Christian club and thus the spiritual disposition of the Turks appears to be the real problem for them.