Relations between Turkey and EU

1. Subject: Turkey in World Politics
Lecturer: Ibrahim Koncak
Students:Aidana Sheralieva IR 4-A

2. EU – Turkey

3. History:
Rapprochement between Turkey and Europe began in the Ottoman
period. After the founding of the Republic of Turkey to the
country's Europeanization line was continued and strengthened.
Promotion of Turkey to the EU took a number of different stages. The
first application for associate membership in the European
Economic Community (EEC), before many other European
countries, Turkey has filed July 31, 1959 Menderes government, just
one year after the founding of the organization. However, she was
"forgotten" National Unity Committee, who led the country after
the coup, May 27, 1960, but filed again at Inonu government in 1961
and 1962. Subsequent negotiations led to the signing in Ankara on
12 September 1963 the Association Agreement, which entered into
force on 1 December 1964. This event marked the beginning of a
structured process of Turkey's movement towards integration into
the leading European economic grouping, and the Ankara
agreement has become a fundamental, basic document of the
Turkish-European cooperation.

4. Aims:
The economic objective of Turkey's
association with the EEC was as declared in
the "creation of a permanent strengthen
relations between the people of Turkey and the
nations, united in the EEC", and "bridging the
gap that exists between the Turkish economy
and the economies of countries - members of
the Community." An important feature of this
contract, which often pay attention in Turkey is
that in its article 28, to obtain full membership
Turkey was envisaged in the Community
during the term of the contract.

5. The reason of
cooperation
• According to EEC, it is possible to highlight the
following points of its interest in cooperation with
Turkey: ensuring stability in the eastern Mediterranean
through the integration of key states in the region -
Greece and Turkey - to Western defense system, Turkey's
role as a "barrier" of the Soviet Union's interest in Turkey
as in " bridge "to the Near and Middle East.

6. The contract provided for the three main stages of
integration of Turkey into the EU.
• In the first, preparatory stage, it was planned to provide preferences for a
number of important agricultural products of Turkish exports (such as
raw tobacco, raisins, figs, hazelnuts).
• The second stage (the actual transition) was launched in accordance with
the Additional Protocol, signed on 23 November 1970 and provided for
the gradual reduction of Turkey's duties and equivalent taxes and fees,
phasing out of quantitative restrictions and equivalent and the gradual
adoption of the common external tariff of the Community.
• On the third and final stage is planned to complete the creation of the
customs union (Turkey should fully liberalize imports of industrial goods
EEC by the end of 1995), to develop and adopt the rules of Turkish
migration of labor and capital. It was assumed that since 1995 Turkey
will become a full member of the European Communities

7. Difficulties to join EU
• However, not all European countries are ready to support Turkey in
its efforts to early entry into the EU as a full member. Quite
surprising was the statement by Turkey's former French president and
current chairman of the Future of Europe Convention, Valéry Giscard
d'Estaing. He said that it is impossible to accept Turkey into the EU
because "it is important, which is close to Europe, but not a European
country Our laws and our management system familiar to Europeans
Turkey is -.. A country with a different culture and different life style
adoption of such a country. the union will inevitably give rise to
internal problems, and our task now - the integration, not the solution
of internal problems Furthermore, in the case of the adoption of the
EU, Turkey will become the largest state -. EU member, which
means that it will have the most seats in the European Parliament and
again we come to the confrontation between East and West. "

8. Whether Turkey is compatible with
Europe culturally and geographically.
European rules say that Turkey is not
part of the Old World, and as stated by
a prominent functionary of the EU, are
able to once again revive Ankara fears
that the European Union is trying to
maintain itself as a Christian club.
Official Brussels, however,
immediately denied the words that
Turkey's accession would be a
disaster.

9. Conclusion
• But if you look on the other hand, perhaps it is the status of
"eternal candidate" for EU membership has helped Turkey to
achieve a high level of economic development compared to
other Muslim countries. For Turkey, seeking to comply with all
recommendations of the Commission, constantly improving its
economy, modernizing it and achieving all of the new progress
in a particular area. Perhaps it is not quite certain position of
Turkey in its relations with the EU to some extent bring
positive results for the country's further development. So,
summing up, we can only assume the following: the coming
years should provide an answer to the fundamental question,
which is worth more than a decade: whether to be in the EU
Turkey? But this largely depends on Turkey itself, on what it
will take steps towards full EU membership.

10. References :
• http://diplomba.ru/work/122278
• https://politeka.net/370321-evroparlament-prinyal-
zhestkuyu-rezolyutsiyu-po-turtsii/