Should Turkey Join The EU?
Introduction
Historically, Turkey had been one of the active member in politics in Europe. Since the accession negotiation in 2005, Turkey put considerable amount of effort to meet the EU criteria. Despite showing Turkey’s commitment by meeting some of the EU standard, the decision to give the accession of the membership still remains unsettled. Italy, as a member state of EU, believes that the EU should give membership to Turkey and enhance Europe’s standing and make the EU a more diverse identity.
To be or not to be with Turkey? It is evident that taking a decision of whether to support Turkey joining the EU or standing on the opposing side is a difficult decision to make. One of the main geopolitical arguments raised by the opposition side is the issues regarding the geopolitical risk that EU is likely to be exposed to. Historically, Middle East has been the well-known region for having …show more content…
Turkey is a transcontinental country. Because of the geographical size, illegal immigrant control will be difficult. The country is encircled by the Aegean Sea, the Black sea, and the Mediterranean. The amount of money spent on controlling the illegal immigrant to Turkey is anticipated to be …show more content…
Turkey has maintained cordial relationship with the US and currently has the second largest military capacity in the NATO after the United States. For having such large army to maintain the security, the EU will be able to have stronger role as a global player. In 2010, United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton voiced their opinion that if the US have the opportunity to vote, they would strongly support the membership. The United States, who has been continuously use its influence to promote NATO-EU relations, hopes that improving EU-Turkey relationship will result in closer NATO-EU
Historically, Turkey had been one of the active member in politics in Europe. Since the accession negotiation in 2005, Turkey put considerable amount of effort to meet the EU criteria. Despite showing Turkey’s commitment by meeting some of the EU standard, the decision to give the accession of the membership still remains unsettled. Italy, as a member state of EU, believes that the EU should give membership to Turkey and enhance Europe’s standing and make the EU a more diverse identity.
To be or not to be with Turkey? It is evident that taking a decision of whether to support Turkey joining the EU or standing on the opposing side is a difficult decision to make. One of the main geopolitical arguments raised by the opposition side is the issues regarding the geopolitical risk that EU is likely to be exposed to. Historically, Middle East has been the well-known region for having …show more content…
Turkey is a transcontinental country. Because of the geographical size, illegal immigrant control will be difficult. The country is encircled by the Aegean Sea, the Black sea, and the Mediterranean. The amount of money spent on controlling the illegal immigrant to Turkey is anticipated to be …show more content…
Turkey has maintained cordial relationship with the US and currently has the second largest military capacity in the NATO after the United States. For having such large army to maintain the security, the EU will be able to have stronger role as a global player. In 2010, United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton voiced their opinion that if the US have the opportunity to vote, they would strongly support the membership. The United States, who has been continuously use its influence to promote NATO-EU relations, hopes that improving EU-Turkey relationship will result in closer NATO-EU