Why Turkey Should Be in the Eu
On 14 October 2009 the European Commission presented the progress report on Turkey as a candidate member of the EU. The conclusion is clear: Turkey takes the reforms in the country slowly, but need to put a lot more momentum behind. The European Union is a supranational organization of European countries, which currently consists of 27 Member States. Within the Union, there is cooperation in the political, legal and economic terms. Since October 2005 negotiates Turkey, which is for 13 percent in Europe, with the EU accession. There are some great and important things that Turkey's standing in the way. These issues are in many cases no criteria for accession, but several European countries and politicians, and in some cases even end the European Parliament, made it clear that these issues are crucial for Turkey's accession. Clearly, Turkey should not join the European Union.
The reasons are obvious. There must first be made to the rights of minorities and freedom of expression. Still desperately It is a poor state of human rights in Turkey. Ethnic minorities such as the Armenians and Kurds are still discriminated against. Insulting the Turkish nation was until recently forbidden by law. There are still reports of human rights violations and torture. In a report by Human Rights Watch is for example, that there are many cases of torture in Turkish prisons. Freedom of expression is regularly in danger and the rights of women, religious minorities and unions are not always respected. Also important is that the Turkish genocide of Armenians, which took place early this century, still deny. Also we should not forget that there is not hardly to religious freedom in Turkey. This is perhaps the main reason why Turkey does not belong in the EU. The Member States of the EU, which makes extremely hard for human rights in the world, should give a good example.
Since the 2002 elections, the conservative-democratic AKP an absolute majority in the Turkish parliament, but the
The reasons are obvious. There must first be made to the rights of minorities and freedom of expression. Still desperately It is a poor state of human rights in Turkey. Ethnic minorities such as the Armenians and Kurds are still discriminated against. Insulting the Turkish nation was until recently forbidden by law. There are still reports of human rights violations and torture. In a report by Human Rights Watch is for example, that there are many cases of torture in Turkish prisons. Freedom of expression is regularly in danger and the rights of women, religious minorities and unions are not always respected. Also important is that the Turkish genocide of Armenians, which took place early this century, still deny. Also we should not forget that there is not hardly to religious freedom in Turkey. This is perhaps the main reason why Turkey does not belong in the EU. The Member States of the EU, which makes extremely hard for human rights in the world, should give a good example.
Since the 2002 elections, the conservative-democratic AKP an absolute majority in the Turkish parliament, but the