EU Enlargement - Analysis about magazine and newspaper articles [5D]
from The Economist - Special Report : Turkey and the EU - Article 1 " Why Europe must say yes to Turkey"- Angela Longo

I'm going to make a summary of the article.

It's an opinionist's article, consisting of three paragraphs.
First paragraph
  • Turkey is already in all the other big European organisation
  • A lot of new countries have joined the EU
  • Turkey is different from other countries for four reasones: size, poverty, not only in Europe and Muslim religion.
  • A swathe of reforms has been developed since 2002 by Erdogan's party in order to religion and criminality.
    Second paragraph
  • Due to its 71m people, Turkey will become the biggest voting weight in European Parliament.
  • Turkey's GDP is lower than every other GDP of the 25 member states.
  • Islam is incompatible with a secular, liberal democracy.
  • Islamic fundamentalism is on the rise in the Muslim world, including Turkey.
    Third paragraph
  • It is impossible to demostrate that Islam is incompatible with liberal democracy
  • In order to encourage Turks to buy into liberal democracy that Turkey must be given the benefit of the doubt. and offered EU membership talks.
  • If the EU were to turn its back on Turkey now, it would be widely interpreted in the Muslim world as a blow against all Islam.
  • If Turkey becomes part of the European club, it would serve as a beacon to other Muslim countries that are treading, down the path to freedom and democracy.