HELLO ALL OF MY FRİENDS..

I WANT TO START A SMALL VOTİNG..iTS A FRİENDLY VOTİNG AND I HOPE MAYBE IT CAN BE A SAMPLİNG TO REACH TO THE ALL OF SPACE..
VOTE İT PLEASE;

WHAT DO U THİNG ABOUT EU MEMBERANCE OF TURKEY..?

1-) YES IT MUST BE ( TELL THE REASON )
2-) TENTATİVE
3-) NO I DONT WANT ( TELL THE REASON )

THANX FOR NOW FOR ALL OF YOUR ANSWERS...

For the moment I'll go with 2) Tentative!

I am against, and don’t believe it will happen for the following reasons.

Turkey’s growth has been huge, and arguably so fast that people are still resisting the changes which have already happened in the last few decades. They are making huge progress politically and economically, in fact in 2004 and 2005 their economic growth was 7% -(higher than any other EU country!) but more time is needed for further changes to be implemented.

There is a very good reason why the US are so keen for Turkey to join because it is an atlanticist and NATO country – do we really want the EU to become even more under the influence of the US.?

The reasons I don't believe their application will be successful are:

The application and desire to join has meant that major changes have already been made, but fundamental issues like recognising Cyprus (who are members of the EU!) as an independent state and the existence of penal codes such as:-

"A person who explicitly insults being a Turk, the Republic or Turkish Grand National Assembly, the penalty to be imposed shall be imprisonment for a term of six months to three years." and "When insulting being a Turk is committed by a Turkish citizen in a foreign country, the penalty to be imposed shall be increased by one third."

make it it impossible for membership to be agreed.


However, Turkey is young, fast growing and has a bright future – with or without the EU

merhaba!
the EU membership implies meeting political and economic cryteria and athough it was designed as an economic entity, the Union- after the Maastricht Treaty- has developed as a political organism
regarding the Turkey EU membership, further steps should be taken in order to meet the political cryteria (the EU Report published last month clearly states this)
I sincerely hope that what is now a perspective to turn one day into a certainty; Turkey is a major player in the stability of the region and has proven it as a NATO member. Still, the EU has additional tests which must be passed!

I think if users from any member state vote only the result will be much more pertinent to the aim of the voting as they will decide on that at the end. Otherwise since everyone has an opinion concerning the question it might lead to an argument.

I would like to know the votes and opinions of the users from member states.

I would just like to add....Turkey does not need the EU ! They have a hugely growing population of young, well educated citizens who, given 20 years, will outshine all other EU countries. Turkey is still so young as a secular muslim state and has a wealth of resources - just wait....the EU will be begging them to join in the future

maybe it would be useful to have paralel votes
let the people of the EU member states vote whether Turkey should or should not be an EU Member
on the other hand, let the Turkish people express thier vote whether they want or not that thier country be an EU member

maybe it would be useful to have paralel votes
let the people of the EU member states vote whether Turkey should or should not be an EU Member
on the other hand, let the Turkish people express thier vote whether they want or not that thier country be an EU member

that is quite true about raising standards..but what about the fact that the turkish govt would not have complete control over things within turkey,,the eu can override things..there is a kind of trade off if u like..and if turkey grows at a faster economic rate then surely the eu would slow this down as their economy is slightly different..for example england's econom is very different to other european countries..if they were to accept the single currency i believe it would have devastating effects either on our economy or the rest of the european countries...

If this looks familiar, its because I posted this last summer.


I want Turkey to join the EU but not at a cost of losing its Turkish identity and secularism.

5 years ago, joining the EU meant something. But now, look at the impoverished nations that have little to offer that have been granted entrance before Turkey. It disgusts me.

The Turkish economy is growing at over 7% without being in the EU. Turkey is not a begger that needs to get on its knees to join the EU.

Key items that are not negotiable for entry:
Secularism, Cyprus, PKK, Armenia and internal military operations.

As long as these items are not on the table, I welcome it.

I disagree with you on this juliacernat.

If Turkey were in the EU currently, it would not be able to deal with such issues as the PKK, Cyprus, secularism, and Kurdish nationalism the way it can being independent. It would be forced to conform to EU standards that quite frankly will not work in all of these circumstances and actually would jeopardize Turkey's long term position in the world rather than elevating it.

There is really only one question that needs to be asked.
Would Ataturk accept the EU's current requirements being placed upon Turkey in order to join the EU? Of course he wouldn't.

i believe each union sort of trade,so sides of any union has to give from itself for get somethings from other side.But when one side wants more and more,thats turns an unjustical trade.we Turkish people so disguisting about when hear somethings about EU lately,coz our politicans using this matter as a political material while Eu countries doesn't like to see Turkey in this union.sure our country has some economical,social and democratical problems,but i believe that we can solve all this problems ourself without support of any union,we Turkish people used to live with national proud,and we never want to lost this proud for a few more Euro...

I will limit this only to Cyprus. Why must Turkey open ports to Cyprus while the rest of Europe will not open ports to North Cyprus? Why is EU insistent that Turkey compromise first? Why can't the two things happen simultaneously?

Oooo!

http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=154482

http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=61239

eu businesspeople are fighting for turkeys membership of the eu

I think that demanding from Turkey to just agree on the Cyprus issue is very unfair, unethical and just plain wrong. Cyprus has been accepted to the EU even though it had boundary probles, and that is against the EU law. They broke the law and now just want to please one of their members playing on Turkey's desire to join. There are real people living on the Turkish side of Cyprus that Greeks need to respect and give social rights to!
The EU isn't focusing enough on Turkey's economy, law and social structure - discrimination and human rights violations. If EU keeps playing games and will overlook the more important criteria of a healthy country and society, they will eventually lead to self-destruction.
On the other hand, I wouldn't glorify Turkey so much. Let's not fool ourselves - they do have a lot to improve! as well as they probably need EU's stimulation in order to keep going in the right direction.