"US-Britain cooperation on Turkey’s EU bid still vital
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Getting closer to the NATO and the EU-U.S. summits in Lisbon it is important to see and understand how and how much the U.S. plays a role in EU-Turkey relations.
In 1989, the word “eligibility” became a well-known term in Turkey-EU relations. Ironically being eligible never helped Turkey. Although Turkey’s eligibility to become a candidate country was admitted in the year 1989, the candidacy status was not approved by the EU. History recurred in 1997, and the eligibility of Turkey was once again approved but did not gain currency in reality and in December, Turkey was not judged to be a candidate. In the Turkey-EU Council on April of that year in Luxembourg, it was announced that Turkey would be treated the same as any other country applied for full membership."
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