Changing Mindset of Turkish Public : Should Turkey be a Member of the EU?(<Special Issue II>EU Enlargement and Turkey)
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Turkey's relations with the European Union(EU) ever since its early application for associate membership of the European Economic Community in 1959, resembles a roller coaster ride especially when one focuses on the mass electoral support for membership on both sides of the relationship over the last few years. This relationship has long been shaped around elite rather than mass concerns. However, in the years leading to the start of the EU's negotiations with Turkey for eventual membership, mutual concern of mass support for the ultimate realization of this project came to dominate public agendas on both sides. On the European side, it soon became evident that there simply was not much of popular support for Turkey's definitive membership. On the Turkish side, once comfortable majorities in support of membership were slowly transformed into solid opposition and scepticism concerning the very basis of the European ideals. While the development of public opinion in the EU concerning the Turkish membership may not be of much practical consequence in the short run, the daily tracing of the Turkish public opinion forms the very basis of the legitimacy for the ongoing reforms in the country. As such, an accurate diagnosis of their bases is critical in steering the country in the high seas leading up to membership. Despite the fact that mass support for EU membership forms the legitimacy basis of the reform process in Turkey, critical and in-depth analyses of this support base has not attracted much academic attention. I aim here to give a short overview of the historical development of the public opinion support for EU membership and then give a summary evaluation of the most recent state of affairs by using the results of a recent poll taken in April-May 2006.
- 2007-03-20
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