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The Eu And Turkey In A Twisted Marriage: Challenges Of The European Union Further Enlargement

Abstract

This essay is an effort to investigate the principal challenges associated with further enlargement of the European Union. The specific focus of the analysis is the case of Turkey as a real dilemma for the EU. The eastward expansion of the European Union poses multi- dimensional concerns. These concerns relate to -political, - economic, - cultural and � geostrategic delicate questions that are perceived as crucial issues for the Union. However, it should be pointed that this is a game that cannot be played by a single actor such as the EU. It also depends on how Turkey will play the game of integration which however is principally led by the Union. Considering this, the paper is organised in four main sections. The first section introduces - political challenges from the EU enlargement towards Turkey. The second section introduces -economic challenges and it is followed by the two last sections with -geostrategic and -identity issues. All the questions raised above are important points of the EU enlargement debate, but in the case of Turkey, the question of identity is always as important because it is related to a number of diversities that focus on the religious faith of this country. The decision for Turkey's accession to the European Union is a sensitive test for the future of the Union, but the challenges are also real. However, expansion is not impossible if the integration factors do not value the play by the actors as zero. The paper ending with some brief conclusions, where the question of identity is always as important because it is related to a number of diversities that focus on religious belief.

Keywords

European Union, European Culture, Europe of Cultures, Turkey, political challenges, economic challenges, geostrategic challenges, identity / cultural challenges

Authors

MSc. Neliada Memushaj

Beder University College

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