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Nearly 29 years have passed since the EC and Thrkey forged the Association Agreement on 12.3.63. After abrief period on hold, Thrkish-EC relations regained dynamism when Thrkey applied for full membership on April 14, 1987. The view of the EC Commission, as presented some two and a half years later to the Council of Ministers, was approved by EC Foreign Ministers. The response stated that the EC would not start negotiations for membership until the completion of the Single Market. The main points of the Commission's observation focused on the discrepancy in the levels of economic development between Turkey and the EC, the issue of human rights, shortcomings in social security and the question of Cyprus. This response was a source of great disappoinment in Thrkey; because it had been a consistent ally of the West until then, taken important steps towards democracy and a free-market economy, EC membership, as Thrkey saw it, was to be its reward.
List of contents
I. Introduction.- II. Demographic Contributions of Turkey's Membership in the EC.- III. Economic Contributions of Turkey's Membership in the EC.- 3.1. Contributions in Trade.- 3.2. Turkey's Budget Transfer to the EC.- 3.3. Contributions of Investments.- IV. Political Contributions of Turkey's Membership in the EC.- 4.1. Introduction.- 4.2. The Consistency and Credibility of the EC Arguments.- 4.3. Turkey's Support of EC Foreign Policy.- 4.4. Turkey as a Model for Islamic Countries.- V. The Cultural Contricutions of Turkey's Membership in the EC.- 5.1. Introduction.- 5.2. The Definition of Culture.- 5.3. The EC's View of Culture.- 5.4. Turkish Culture in the Eyes of Europe.- 5.5. Turkey, a European Country.- 5.6. The Role of Islam.- 5.7. General Evaluations and Conclusions.- Notes.- List of Tables.- List of Graphs.
Summary
Nearly 29 years have passed since the EC and Thrkey forged the Association Agreement on 12.3.63. After abrief period on hold, Thrkish-EC relations regained dynamism when Thrkey applied for full membership on April 14, 1987. The view of the EC Commission, as presented some two and a half years later to the Council of Ministers, was approved by EC Foreign Ministers. The response stated that the EC would not start negotiations for membership until the completion of the Single Market. The main points of the Commission's observation focused on the discrepancy in the levels of economic development between Turkey and the EC, the issue of human rights, shortcomings in social security and the question of Cyprus. This response was a source of great disappoinment in Thrkey; because it had been a consistent ally of the West until then, taken important steps towards democracy and a free-market economy, EC membership, as Thrkey saw it, was to be its reward.
