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  • Is Turkey our partner now?
    Bulletin article by Katinka Barysch, 28 November 2011
    Is Turkey our partner now?
  • Turkey's choice
    Opinion piece 02 June 2011
    Turkey's choice
  • Turkey and the EU: Can stalemate be avoided?
    Policy brief by Katinka Barysch, 16 December 2010
  • More than just a debate about the headscarf
    Opinion piece by Katinka Barysch
    Financial Times, 07 November 2007

    Turkey is about to give itself a new constitution. That is good because the current one was written by the army in 1982, after the last military coup. But the constitutional debate so far has been divisive. Attention has focused on the government's suggestion to scrap the ban on girls wearing headscarves in universities.
  • What Europeans think about Turkey and why
    Essay by Katinka Barysch, 25 September 2007

    Surveys show that a majority of EU citizens are against Turkish membership. This matters since France, Austria and probably other countries too will hold a referendum on Turkish accession.
  • A newly confident Turkey is starting to bridge the gap
    Opinion piece by Katinka Barysch
    Financial Times, 12 September 2007

    Sir,Geoffrey Wheatcroft rejects David Miliband's arguments for keeping the European Union's door open for Turkey ("Structural flaws in Miliband's Turkish bridge", September 10). Like most critics of Turkish accession, he argues that the country is too big, too poor and too Muslim. Like most critics, he is short-sighted.
  • Recent elections were good for Turkey but it must now roll up its sleeves
    Opinion piece by Katinka Barysch
    Progress online, 06 September 2007

    Turkey is to be congratulated on the outcome of both its parliamentary and presidential elections. To see why, just consider possible alternatives.
  • Where next for Turkey?
    Insight by Charles Grant, Katinka Barysch, 24 July 2007

    Some of Turkey’s critics say that it has no place in the EU because it is not a European country. Others criticise the quality of its democracy.
  • EU business and Turkish accession
    Essay by Katinka Barysch, 22 June 2007

    Many EU politicians and their voters are unsure about the merits of Turkish accession. Europe’s entrepreneurs are not. They are showing confidence by investing billions into the fast-growing Turkish economy, partly because they expect that EU accession will continue to change the country for the better.
  • Serbia's European choice
    Policy brief by David Gowan, 19 June 2007

    Serbia's accession prospects are looking up, following the formation of a new government in Belgrade and the resumption of SAA talks with the EU. However, disagreements over Kosovo could quickly derail the process again.
  • Turkey before the election
    Insight by Katinka Barysch, 15 June 2007

    I have recently come back from Turkey, where the mood is a mixture of relief, hope and anxiety: relief that the army has remained in the barracks; hope that the early election in July will result in a workable compromise between the AKP and the secularists; and anxiety that the crisis that started in April has done lasting damage to Turkish society and its political