Can Turkey become a member of the European Union?
By fizzytom
@fizzytom (752)
Maribor, Slovenia
June 23, 2007 12:02pm CST
Turkey has started negotiations to become a member of the EU - European Union.
But is Turkey really a "European" nation? Is the culture just too different from the other nations?
What does Turkey need to do to be accepted as a new member of the EU?
2 responses
@PunkyMcPunk (1477)
• Canada
23 Jun 07
Honestly I don't know much about Turkey, it has always intrigued me because when compared to Canada it does seem like an exotic land! I would love to travel there sometime. Having said that, with the European Union I think it all has to do with money. They don't care about your culture, it is all about creating a unified monetary unit. It would make things so much easier for trade and consumers, business, and workers, vacationers etc... to only have to use 1 currency anywhere in the world. Also it would help out because instead of having to worry about what the exchange rate is from here to there it would all be the same. Also no offence is meant by this but if Poland can become part of the EU I can't see why Turkey can't.
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@fizzytom (752)
• Maribor, Slovenia
23 Jun 07
The EU has told Turkey it needs to address certain issues such as human rights before they can be considered for membership of the EU.
Although Turkey is officially a secular country Turkey would be the only "Muslim" country in the European Union and it would have to agree to certain international laws that currently are in contrast to the ways things are done there.
