"Why Europe should embrace Turkey?
In Short:
Even if Turkey starts EU accession talks as planned in October, its accession process will be anything but smooth. Among the obstacles are: public opposition to Turkish membership, the EU's struggle to digest its last enlargement, the Cyprus question, some politicians' insistence on a 'privileged partnership', and the Turks' lack of knowledge of what EU entry entails. The essays in this pamphlet, written by Katinka Barysch, Steven Everts and Heather Grabbe and published by the Centre for European Reform, explain the risks and problems that loom on Turkey's way into the EU. But they conclude that Turkey would be an asset, not a burden, for the Union, the European economy and for EU foreign policy. "
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