"US Role in Turkey's EU Process
Once upon a time, the West was making use of Turkey's European Union (EU) membership process as a means of encouraging domestic reforms as well as pursing its commercial and political interests although it did not believe that Turkey would be able to make it. However, things became even more serious when Ankara fulfilled all technical requirements to start full membership negotiations thanks to a surprising and miraculous performance. Now the ball is in the EU's court. On December 17, member states will decide whether to give a clear full membership perspective to Turkey. "
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