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Turkey has been an associate member of the European Union since 1963, but has not yet managed to gain full membership. This 19 page paper considers the barriers to Turkey's ability to fulfil the Copenhagen Criteria and become a full member of the EU. The paper looks at the human rights and the economic issues, focusing in the human rights record of Turkey. The bibliography cites 20 sources.
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associate member since 1963 and the Ankara Accord (Kaur, 2004). This was an agreement singed with the forerunner to the EU; the European Economic Community which envisaged that at some
point Turkey would be a full member. In 2005 they are still not members. The EU has changed and developed, the criteria for joining has also altered over
time, yet despite many other countries joining, ten new countries joined in the 1st of May 2004, making total membership twenty five, Turkey is not yet a member, yet may
be seen as a country more established in terms of the EU political ideal, for some former eastern block countries that have joined the concept and practice of democracy is
still relativity new, countries such as the Czech Republic. Poland and Slovakia are all relativity new to democracy and as such may be seen as unlike Turkey, where democracy has
been present for more than 50 years. This means that turkey must be failing to meet the requirements for EU membership. The have been the setting of accession talks
to start in October 2005 (Europe Intelligence Wire, 2005). However, these are only due to increased compliance with the Copenhagen Criteria but this does not mean accession is close, only
that it is due to be discussed. It is highly likely that a new course of action will be determined in order to bring Turkey into line with other
members (Europe Intelligence Wire, 2005). In looking at the case of Turkey it may appear to be a case of the EU applying different values and making it harder for
Turkey than other candidate, but this idea can be quashed when looking at Council Regulation (EC) No 2500/2001 which amended Regulations (EEC) No 3906/89, (EC) No 1267/1999, (EC) No 1268/1999
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