TURKEY
in EUROPEAN UNION
The country of Turkey is typically
considered to straddle both Europe and Asia. Turkey
occupies all of the Anatolian Peninsula and a small part of southeastern
Europe. In October 2005 negotiations began between Turkey and the European Union (EU) for Turkey to be considered as a
possible member of the EU in the future. At this point, this is considered to
be a better future for Turkey. As a point of view, this will absolutely carry
Turkey to a greater point on the world scale.
First
of all, the low per-capita income of the Turkish population is a concern since
the economy of Turkey as a new EU member might increase. When Turkey joins the
EU, this low per-capita income will absolutely increase due to the privileges
guaranteed by the EU members, cooperation, and the mutual aid. For citizens’
good, Turkey should join the European Union. In other words, citizens of Turkey
will have a greater income and better life standards.
Second,
according to European Union rules, all the citizens of EU members can easily
travel through the borders of EU members without any permission or visa. When
this statement is taken into consideration, travelling to the Europe will
become easier than ever for Turkey’s people, which means almost every person in
Turkey can go wherever they want in the Europe. This is a perfect privilege for
people since, in Turkey; people have not got the chance to get visa for Europe.
Through this way, all the economical burdens will be removed from the citizens’
shoulders.
Opposing, while the European Union is working with Turkey to help it
move toward being able to become a member of the European Union, there are some
who are concerned about Turkey's potential membership. Some state that Turkey's culture
and values are different from those of the European Union as a whole. They
point out that Turkey's 99.8% Muslim population is too different from
Christian-based Europe. However, the EU makes the case that the EU is not a
religion-based organization, Turkey is a secular (a non-religion-based
government) state, and that 12 million Muslims currently live throughout the
European Union. Nonetheless, the EU acknowledges that Turkey needs to
"Substantially improve respect for the rights of non-Muslim religious
communities to meet European standards."
One
of the EU statements exceptionally express the best idea for Turkey to be a
part of the European Union of the future, "Europe needs a stable,
democratic and more prosperous Turkey which adopts our values, our rule of law,
and our common policies. The accession perspective has already driven forward
bold and significant reforms. If the rule of law and human rights are
guaranteed throughout the country, Turkey can join the EU and thus become an
even stronger bridge between civilizations as it is already today." That
sounds like worthwhile goal for Turkey.
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