First I am going to examine the reasons against Turkey joining the E.U. As I have previously mentioned Turkey has borders with Iraq, Iran and Syria. IT is considered by some to be part the Middle East, and therefore not a European country at all. If Turkey is included in the E.U. then which o

ther countries might try to join? Israel perhaps? It could set a trend for countries like Morocco which is only a short boat trip from Spain, who could claim to have some geographical right to join the E.U. As stated by the German Conservative Angela Merkel, head of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), at their annual congress in Leipzig

Turkey's economy is also growing and strengthening, inspite of its recent bomb attacks in Istanbul. Even if some foreign investors do pull out of Turkey, their exports are continuing to rise. According to Isaac Tabor, head of emerging markets strategy at investment bank Merrill Lynch.

Turkey is in a considerable amount of debt to the IMF, it is now one of the eight most indebted countries in the world. The effect it might have on the E.U. could be dangerous, especially if Turkey was to join the Euro. Turkey also relies strongly on tourism, if the current situations in the Middle East have any more affect on Turkey, its economy will suffer. The terrorist threat in Turkey is very real, this could keep tourists away from Turkey and would damage its economy immensely. Especially if the attacks move to coastal holiday areas.

“Turkey’s combining democratic values with the Islam faith will be great opportunity,” ........ “There are many reasons for supporting the giving of such a perspective to Turkey and to oppose the approach of the opposition.” [Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, MSNBC, September 15th 2003]

The human rights issue is one of the main reasons against Turkey's integration it has kept them out for years. However with the change of government and the new human rights reforms Turkey could overcome this. The rift with Cyprus is a thorn in its side, the issues of nationalistic pride and a dispute lasting almost three decades could be hard to just bury and forget about. Afterall there can not be any feuding between two E.U. states. As I have previously mentioned though the new governemnt could be the one to tackle this issue.

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