Public Opinion In Turkey On EU Accession – An (Un)Desirable Marriage? Cover Image

Public Opinion In Turkey On EU Accession – An (Un)Desirable Marriage?
Public Opinion In Turkey On EU Accession – An (Un)Desirable Marriage?

Author(s): Adel Abusara
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: BCBP Beogradski centar za bezbednosnu politiku
Keywords: Turkey; the EU; Euro-scepticism; enlargement; public opinion.

Summary/Abstract: The essay deals with the issue that is rarely present in the mainstream literature on EU enlargement: Turkish public attitude on the (possible) EU accession. As shown in the paper, Turks are mostly Euro-sceptics and for various reasons: some of them overlapping with Euro-sceptics in the CEE countries before their accession, and some of them do not: the lack of knowledge, the problems of the socalled “sensitive issues”, the hope of the minorities to get necessary protection etc. The EU itself is not helpful at all – dealing mostly with its own problems, and using the “Turkish issue” for domestic purposes, it is helping Euro-scepticism to flourish among the Turks.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 17
  • Page Range: 77-87
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: English