Türkiye – AB İlişkilerinde Kritik Bir Aşama: Tam Üyelik Müzakereleri ve Türkiye’nin AB’ye Tam Üyeliği
A Critical Phase in the Turkish - EU Relations: Membership Negotiations and Turkey's Full Membership to EU

Summary/Abstract: Altough relations of Turkey with EU date back to 1959, actual application for full membership was made in 1987 and the statement that Turkey is a candidate was confirmed at the 1999 Helsinki Summit. The condition that “if Turkey implements the subject political criteria negotiations would start immediately” was concluded on the Copenhageb Summit in December 2002. In fact, the 2004 report by the EU commission examining Turkey’s progress in the full membership harmonization period suggested EU Council to start negotiations. The fact of insistence through the membership period of Turkey is actually a result of a need for stability and change.

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