EU Enlargement - Analysis about magazine and newspaper articles [5D]
from The Economist - Special Report : Turkey and the EU - Article 1 - Articles 2 - Marco De Marchi
The titles of the two articles are very similar because they both express the fact that “to say no” to Turkey joining EU is quite risky. Not all the EU members are in favour of the new entry because there are still important differences which have not found a solution yet.

The country poverty is one of the main crucial points because giving financial help to Turkey would weaken the whole European economy. There are several social conflicts which Turkey has to cape with: from Kurdish claims to the problems connected to the Cyprus invasion.
One more negative aspect could be Muslim religion in respect to democratic e liberal nations. Turkish laws are strictly connected to the Muslim religion while European laws are based on secular power and this is something that makes a great difference and marks a difficult point to discuss and to solve.
Turkish politicians are trying to tranform and make the country more and more similar to the Western world but, at the same time, there are people who think a Muslim nation is strictly connected to extremism , terrorism or it is incompatible to human rights.

Nowadays people are divided on whether Turkey should join the EU or not mainly for the above mentioned problems but there are also middle ways between the two extremes.
For instance Angela Marker, the German leader, has suggested using a special status for Turkey, accepting it in the Union without making it become a Member State.
A further argument against Turkey entry is its geographical position. In fact the country may be divided into two parts but only a very small portion lies in the Europe continent.

We must say that economy has flourished in the last decades and new rights such as the abolition of death penalty and the reduction of the punishments due to adultery, have been reached. Moreover the history of Turkey has been more oftenn connected to Europe then to Asia and the most important city of the country lies in the European part.

Islamophobia remains the most crucial point but it is right to give the Turks the opportunity of joining the Union. The same opportunities that other Eastern countries had. Later on it will depend on people from Turkey to show their good will about human rights, religion and social integration.