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Article: Turkey's entry into the EU: asset or liability?
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- Contemporary Review
- Article date:
- September 1, 1998
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In the light of Turkey's recent rejection for entry into the European Union (EU) it will be appropriate to assess the validity of Turkish application by analysing the potential costs and benefits for the EU and Turkey.
Of the many current applicants for EU membership Turkey has been waiting the longest since 1963, but is potentially the last country expected to gain membership. Since the accession agreement signed in 1963, Turkey's declared goal has been full EU membership and in 1987 she applied for this. The wording of the 1963 agreement explicitly gives Turkey the legal right to expect to become a full member; that she has not done so is perhaps a result of doubt ...
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