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Otázka vstupu Turecka do EÚ
Question of Turkey’s Joining the EU

Author(s): Jozef Vlčej
Subject(s): Sociology, Politics and religion, Politics and society, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Vysoká škola evropských a regionálních studií, z. ú.
Keywords: kemalism; secularism; EU; GDP; religion;

Summary/Abstract: The intention of this paper is to bring the issue of integration of Turkey into the European Union. The primary aim is to analyze different attitudes towards this issue. Furthermore, the article focuses on the analysis of the historical development of Turkish society, which makes the difference between Turkey and other Islamic countries clear to us. This difference is demonstrated mainly by applying kemalism in Turkish society. This paper focuses on the comparison of two key areas of the accession of Turkey to the EU criteria in the economic and religious terms which divide the EU member states' points of view to two groups. The main reason for choosing the topic was the position of Turkey, not only in history, which is to some extent related to the history of Europe, but also in the current attitude towards the European Union.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 17-24
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Slovak