Middle East: March 2003

Bringing Turkey into Europe

By: Mujeeb R. Khan and M. Hakan Yavuz

Description: "While the goal of earning EU membership has been central to the recent push to implement significant political and legal reforms in Turkey, it still remains to be seen whether Turkey's Muslim heritage, large population, and economic underdevelopment will remain immovable obstacles to full membership. It is now clear that this is a decision that can no longer be indefinitely postponed by Brussels or Ankara."

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