Abstract
Turkey has made significant progress step towards EU integration. However, reaching for a full member remains unsuccessful, due to many self-limited dimensions and various arguments against Turkey. The purposes of this study were as follows: 1) to analyze the dilemma of Turkey’s EU accession process; and 2) to develop an understanding of the arguments against Turkey member-ship. This study focuses on various empirical studies and use of both the qualitative and quantitative methods. The result showed that various arguments surrounding Turkey’s projected accession revolve around a series of issues, ranging from the current debates in Turkey’s politics and democratic breakdowns, human rights abuses, Turkey’s demographic structure, economic dilemma and also, historical and cultural issues. These reasons are all the significant causes that have still been problematic issues for Turkey, to be a complete candidate in EU in nowadays.
Highlights
As the result of Ottoman Empire’s collapse following World War I, Turkey has established new modern era and adapted the country to “Europeanize” and became a NATO’s member
This study focuses on various empirical studies and use of both the qualitative and quantitative methods
Economic issue is that even Turkey’s economy had grown but Turkish’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) remains less than half the European Union (EU) average and Turkey’s wealth is unequally; There is the matter of history, culture, and religion of Turkey that Turkey’s historic and cultural roots lay in Central Asia and the Middle East more than to shared experiences with Europeans and culture of Muslim in Turkey is quite different from Christian Europe
Summary
As the result of Ottoman Empire’s collapse following World War I, Turkey has established new modern era and adapted the country to “Europeanize” and became a NATO’s member. For Turkish’s accession to the European Union, Turkey must reform the country under membership conditions and meet the legal requirements and treaty. A. Yuhannan 166 members of EU countries that remain against Turkey’s membership and European public view; the result shows that half of European member countries were against Turkey to join the EU and support countries are predominantly based on “right-based” post-national arguments while oppositions are mainly connected with ‘identity-related’ arguments. Economic issue is that even Turkey’s economy had grown but Turkish’s GDP remains less than half the EU average and Turkey’s wealth is unequally; There is the matter of history, culture, and religion of Turkey that Turkey’s historic and cultural roots lay in Central Asia and the Middle East more than to shared experiences with Europeans and culture of Muslim in Turkey is quite different from Christian Europe. Many scholars have criticized that EU is not accepting Tukey as a member because “The EU is a Christian club”? As a result of the Muslim population that was rapidly increased in Europe and issues of terrorism, consequences, the flow and increasing Islamophobia and anti-Islam trend in Europe
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