"PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR EU INTEGRATION SEEMS TO SLIP IN TURKEY
Igor Torbakov 11/18/05
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The hard bargaining that has characterized the early stage of Ankara’s effort to gain European Union membership appears to be sapping Turkish public support for accession.
Recent opinion polls register an increase of nationalist sentiment in Turkey – a mood generally at odds with EU membership. Some local and foreign observers say the growing popularity of the nationalist outlook is the direct result of Turks’ frustration over the European Union’s grudging approval to proceed with the accession process. [For background see the Eurasia Insight archive]. Many Turks perceive the EU stance toward Turkey to be unfair and full of double standards."
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