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Originally Posted by Soul_Rebel
Turkey will make further progress in human rights inside EU and that will be the outcome by slowly removing the military control that still exists there. Turks are not different than Greeks, Dutchs or British people. I strongly believe that and I have experienced it. Under certain conditions they can be fanaticized, but no more than the rest. I believe they should be given a logical time-frame to meet further requirements.
Many europeans do not want Turkey because they are afraid the immigration and the impact it will have in the work place. I fully understand it and it's a concern that has to be seen, but I find it unacceptable to make use of other excuses to express their concerns. If you say you don't like turks you are nothing more than the negative imagine you have about them in your mind.
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Agree Soul!
Turkey keeps expressing their wish to belong to the EU and talking. Talking within an EU membership negotiation process still does not remove the basic elements which are fundamental obstacles to EU membership - ie human rights issues. They need to clean their house up first.
Little doubt, as long as they are interested in being EU members and make the effort to comply as with all EU states, - they will get membership.
On race crap, overall the Turkish people are no different to Swedish, Chinese, US or anyone else - humans don't vary much across the planet, irrespective where they were born :-)
Turkey has a lot to gain economically by joining the EU - who will undoubtedly be funding/supporting them towards an ecomomic level of other EU nations.