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Middle East: November 2001

A Dream Become Nightmare? Turkey's Entry into the European Union

By: Ersel Aydinli and Dov Waxman

Description: "As long as Turkey's desire for EU membership represented an abstract ideal . . . , Turkey's military and civilian elite could avoid acknowledging the potential political costs of membership in the eu. And as long as the Europeans kept Turkey at arm's length, that elite's willingness to implement the domestic reforms necessary for EU membership was never put to the test."

Volume: 100
Issue: 649
Page: 381

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