"As Good Times Roll Now Only 38% of Turkish Public Want to Join EU
Whilst the Turkish Government continues in its quest for EU accession, the public are rapidly going off the idea. 73% fancied membership in 2004 but a September 2010 poll drops that figure to a meager 38%.
PRLog (Press Release) – Sep 20, 2010 – Whilst the Turkish Government determinedly continues in its quest for EU accession, the public are rapidly going off the idea. 73% fancied membership in 2004 but a September 2010 poll drops that figure to a meager 38%. It seems it was never about being European, it was about the economic benefits, and now Turkey has the world’s third fastest growing economy for Q2 2010 (10.3% - beaten only by Singapore and Taiwan) those benefits are shrinking."
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