The Membership of Turkey in European UnionEssay Preview: The Membership of Turkey in European UnionReport this essayThe European Union is a powerful economic and political bloc worldwide, with member states so different and diverse in many aspects but yet common in being Christian. Turkey stands Muslim with a huge geographical and historical significance. Its membership to the European Union has been perceived differently. Several oppose Turkeys membership on cultural-religious grounds and accept only its economic inclusion. Few think that Turkey is an asset to EU as Turkey is an alive mixture remnant of several great historical events that shaped the history and the mainstream of the whole humanity.
The Membership of Turkey in European UnionThe European Union is a powerful economic and political bloc worldwide, with member states so different and diverse in many aspects but yet common in being Christian. Turkey stands Muslim with a huge geographical and historical significance. Its membership to the European Union has been perceived differently. Several reject Turkeys membership on cultural-religious grounds and accept only its economic inclusion. Few think that Turkey is an asset to EU as Turkey is an alive mixture remnant of several great historical events that shaped the history and the mainstream of the whole humanity.
The Membership of Turkey in European UnionThe European Union is a powerful economic and political bloc worldwide, with member states so different and diverse in many ways but yet common in being Christian. Turkey stands Muslim with a huge geographical and historical significance. Its membership to the European Union has been perceived differently. Several reject Turkeys membership on cultural-religious grounds and accept only its economic inclusion. Few think that Turkey is an asset to EU as Turkey is an alive mixture remnant of several great historical events that shaped the history and the mainstream of the whole humanity.
The Membership of Turkey in European UnionThe European Union is a powerful economic and political bloc worldwide, with member states such as the US and Britain both united in support of their interests. Their actions are based on faith. Turkey is a symbol of tolerance, solidarity, respect and solidarity. It would appear to be wrong to imply that its interests or the beliefs of its neighbors in our region are related in anyway. Those who hold strong Islamic beliefs may hold weak ideologies that are based upon self-identity or self-protection or some other non-Muslim way of thinking. If this is the case, then Turkey’s ties to Europe’s Middle East are in no way related to Turkey’s religious history. For example, the Arab-speaking Syrian people have roots in Egypt, and the Turkish Kurds have roots in Turkey. The European Union’s European values are rooted in Turkey’s history of struggle for democratic rights, peace, territorial integrity and prosperity. The EU’s membership to the EU has been viewed with suspicion by many to try to delegitimize Turkey as a member of one of the last two great great powers remaining in the European Union. The only way to resolve this situation is by respecting the religious and cultural sensitivities of the European citizens of Europe and respecting their human rights. This statement makes clear that these values will not be expressed only by the leaders of Turkey or Syria, but must also be expressed by the Turkish populace. While not fully understanding Turkey’s history or its history of religious fundamentalism, the truth is that Turkey’s political and economic life is based primarily on religion, one of the oldest and most universal of the three great faiths. No Turkish president should engage in “nationalistic” behavior. In Syria, the Prophet Abdullah used the word “national” four times
To see it through another angle, the current and acute one, Turkeys vast size and growing population, its uneven wealth distribution and its cultural and religious heritage constitute the central arguments shaping this debate. More essentially the complexity surrounding the Turkish issue revolves around the question of spatial, strategic, and conceptual limits of Europe. However, I would like to concentrate on the positive aspects and opportunities of this “potential” enlargement of the EU. Turkeys membership will undeniably help strengthen the EUs role as a global actor. It will encourage the EU to be one of the major players in the global scene. Turkey can help enhance stability and promote welfare in the Balkans, the Caucasus, Central Asia more easily, and contributes to enforce the relation between Europe and Asia and hence helps extend modern values in neighbouring regions. Turkey acceptance in EU will certainly be perceived as symbol of harmonious co-existence of cultures and enriching the spiritual fabric of the European Union. If the EU refuses Turkeys involvement based on religious reasons, it will give a pretext to the fundamentalist organizations to claim that the EU excludes non-Christians and that the world is divided on the basis of the religious fault lines. It will confirm the Clash of the Civilizations. Lets remember that Turkey is also a secular and democratic country that stands alone in the Islamic world.
In the economic sector, Turkey is equally an asset given its geographical location and its young population. Located at the crossroad linking Asia to Europe, Turkey serves as a gate to the warm seas for the Black Sea basin countries and it is as well situated on the natural route between Europe and countries rich in oil and natural gas such as Iraq, Iran, Caspian Sea and Central Asia. In the other hand, Statistics have shown that because of the aging population, there will be an increasing need for young manpower in the EU countries during the next decades.
Indeed, Turkeys population is much younger as compared to the EU average. Half of Turkeys population is under the age of 24. The age group between 0 and 15 years old in 2005 constitute 18 % of the entire population in most of the EU. The same age group constitute 30