Should Turkey be allowed to join the EU?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

No.

4 reasons:

-It's not really part of Europe
-Human rights record in Kurdistan
-Censorship and civil liberties. They just recentely arrested a journalist for writing about the Armenian genocide
-Northern Cyprus

[MissCatholic]

No. they have huge unemployment. Plus terrorists will use Turkey to get into European Countries through their eu passport.

[Joe Republic]

I'd lean no, because their weak economy would pull the stability of the Euro even further down.

I partially agree with the 'they're not really part of Europe' argument, except that a small portion of it is, and that argument would also rule out Russia from ever joining.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

The majority of Russia's population is in Europe though. Although I bet most in Europe don't want them joining either.

[Bono]

I'd be willing to tlet them use it if they let us out.
fair trade.

[MasterJedi]

No but if they fix some things (Kurds and Northern Cyprus) I'd be fine with letting them in.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

No.

Yes

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That depends entirely on what you mean by "Europe"; the borders of Europe have always been more than just a little flexible. The Urals line isn't the only definition... besides... Istanbul and the coast of Asia Minor have been crucial to the development of European history and civilization (and not just pre-1453 either).

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These are more serious concerns and are why membership shouldn't be granted yet... having said that, things are a hell of a lot better than they were until suprisingly recently.

[Frodo]

Yes -at the very least the prospect of membership should not be denied them.  It is precisely because they hope to eventually join the European Union that they made the reforms that they have.   

[Hatman 🍁]

Yes - not being a part of Europe should not be a qualifier. I think Canada should join, for instance.

[Bono]

Yes - not being a part of Europe should not be a qualifier. I think Canada should join, for instance.

Well, since you're not a EU citizen you have no say, thank goodness.

[Democratic Hawk]

Many in my party do, but I don't. Turkey is not primarily a European country

Dave

[Bono]

Anyways, i'd be more than willing to trade Portugal's place with them.

[JohnFKennedy]

-It's not really part of Europe

It is very hard to define Europe - do we base it solely on geographic proximity? If so then Morocco is more European than many of the member states of the EU.

-Human rights record in Kurdistan
-Censorship and civil liberties. They just recentely arrested a journalist for writing about the Armenian genocide
-Northern Cyprus

They are required to reform on human rights and civil liberties in order to meet the requirements of accession - having potential EU membership is a better way to get Turkey to reform than to totally close the door - ultimately I think it should if it meets the requirements for accession.

[Hitchabrut]

I couldn't care less. The EU is crippling the independence and free will of many countries and is certainly not a desirable organization to which one would belong.

[Јas]

It is very hard to define Europe - do we base it solely on geographic proximity? If so then Morocco is more European than many of the member states of the EU.

Morocco's application to join was rejected in 1987 by the Commission because it's not considered part of Europe.

[Peter]

-It's not really part of Europe

It is very hard to define Europe - do we base it solely on geographic proximity? If so then Morocco is more European than many of the member states of the EU.

Geographic proximity to what? Brussels?

[Democratic Hawk]

Turkey's OK as it is a rather cheap holiday destination. I've never been like won't go out of principle because of the 1974 invasion of Cyprus

Dave

[phk]

Turkey in the EU might have a positive affect on some Muslims.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Turkey's OK as it is a rather cheap holiday destination. I've never been like won't go out of principle because of the 1974 invasion of Cyprus

Dave

I actually think Turkey was in the right then, considering their main enemy was Greece, whose government at the time was far far worse, but they certainly haven't been behaving well since then.