Turkey has had strong economic relations with most of today’s EU states since the early 1950s, which over the decades got strengthened. It is a well-known fact that Turkey identifies customs union as a valuable step towards westernizing and a full EU membership. Even though in all political, social, and economical aspects Turkey still needs to achieve a great deal in order to satisfy the Copenhagen Criteria for full membership, its accomplishments in recent years proves its determination. However, while collectively trying to adjust to EU policies in the most productive way, Turkey’s economic echelon is going through a tough test. In fact there are opposing ideas regarding costs and benefits of Turkey’s status in the Customs Union with its current political instability and without being a full EU member.

The purpose of my paper is to discuss the outcomes of the customs union agreement for Turkey and come up with my own conclusion about the Customs Union. In order to be efficient, I divided it into sections. I will first give background information about customs union and Turkey’s involvement. Later I will try to provide an overview of the tr

ade relations and economy of Turkey prior to the Customs Union. And lastly I will discuss the effects of the Customs Union on Turkey, and also political and financial obstacles disturbing Turkey’s full implementation of EU criteria and policies.

Source: Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs website

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