The end of Turkey’s EU prospects
Sunday 3 September 2017 1
The end of Turkey’s EU prospects
Germany’s chancellor blinks first and ends a once fruitful, now rotten saga
No-one these days realistically believes Turkey’s EU membership bid is actually going places.
This isn’t just because the process has been glacial: it’s been 12 years since Turkish membership talks began and 30 since Turgut Özal asked to become a full member. Turkey first applied to become an associate member in 1959.
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