Talking Turkey

Turkey's long-standing relationship with the EU has from time to time been overshadowed by crises. However, there has never been a total breakdown in relations, and Turkey's bid for eventual EU membership has remained alive, if not always well. Now that the time for decisions has come, however, most political analysts expect a positive answer from the EU and the opening of formal accession negotiations some time in 2005. This article, by Walter Posch, Research Fellow at the ISSEU, appeared in the Institute's Newsletter, No.12, October 2004.