The Pros And Cons Of Turkey In The European Union

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At present there are twenty-eight member states within the European Union, most of which play a crucial part in the unions overall success. Although during the past decade five countries have made an application to become EU members, none have waited to join as long as Turkey has. Turkey have been applicants to join the European Union since 1987 and although many believe that they have proven they are stable and could bring positives to Europe, there are still those who think otherwise. This essay will explore whether or not Turkey should be allowed to join the EU or has their past and current reputation began to hinder this. This essay will also discuss the public and political disputes surrounding the matter.

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Not only would it strengthen trades, it would also regenerate positive relationships with quickly developing areas such as Central Asia, which would be an overall optimistic move for the European Union. Turkey already has a lively democracy and there are ranges of political parties who represent the views of the Turkish people. Since Turkeys founding in 1923 the Government have practised a strong value of secularism. This exhibits to the rest of the world that Turkey takes its religious and political affairs seriously and that no religion is above the law. The possibility of EU membership has helped Turkey move forward and shift away from archaic politics and improve the issues regarding human rights. Another reason Turkey should be admitted to the EU is because they are a country that
By sharing borders with these countries the EU get involved in conflict that is not necessarily to do with them. To further this if the European Union agreed to allowing one ‘non European’ country to join, it would then give precedent for other countries to begin applying for membership. Although if Turkey did join the European Union it would bring a huge 70 million more people in, this is not a good thing. Economists suggest that Turkey is too large for the European Union to manage and the predicted population by the year 2050 will exceed 91 million. With this in mind, if Turkey were to join the European Union, it would cause a large strain on the European Union. – ADD Economists

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