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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
  • Sarkozy, secularism and Turkey’s European future
    Bulletin article by Katinka Barysch, 01 June 2007

    Can things get worse for Turkey? The presidential election is stalled; the army threatens to intervene; millions are protesting in the streets; EU negotiations remain partly suspended; terrorism in the South-East could prompt military forays into northern Iraq; and the new French president wants to see Turkey in a Mediterranean Union but not in the EU.
  • Nicolas Sarkozy: Turkophobe and protectionist?
    Insight by Charles Grant, 08 May 2007

    Most EU governments wanted Nicolas Sarkozy to win the presidential election. They think his liberalising economic agenda stands a fair chance of boosting France’s lacklustre economic performance.
  • What Turkey’s crisis means for the EU
    Insight by Katinka Barysch, 03 May 2007

    Turkey has aborted its presidential election and called for an early parliamentary one. The army, it appears, is still on stand-by. Prime Minister Erdogan accused the country’s highest court of having fired “a bullet at democracy” by declaring the first round of voting on his presidential candidate, Abdullah Gul, invalid.
  • Welcome to the neighbourhood
    Opinion piece by Charles Grant
    Russia Profile, 15 January 2007

    The enlargement of the EU is slowing down. Bulgaria and Romania have just joined, bringing the membership to 27, but in many EU countries there is little enthusiasm for extending the Union's boundaries further.
  • Turkish business and EU accession
    Essay by Sinan Ülgen, 01 December 2006

    Turkish accession prospects were becoming bleaker at the end of 2006, just over a year after the start of accession talks. Both Turkey’s political elite and its people are disillusioned with the EU.
  • If Turkey and the EU break up...
    Bulletin article by Katinka Barysch, 01 December 2006

    The EU may decide to halt the accession talks with Turkey – or the Turkish government may walk away from them. But has either seriously thought through the consequences?
  • Turkey and the European Union: Don’t despair
    Opinion piece by Katinka Barysch
    Open democracy, 27 November 2006

    The accession of Turkey to the European Union is beset by troubles. It needn’t be if both sides concentrate on the positives, the big picture and the long term, says Katinka Barysch.
  • Failed EU entrance could mean stronger ties to Russia
    Opinion piece by Charles Grant Katinka Barysch
    Zaman online, 26 November 2006

    According to a British think-tank, the Centre for European Reform (CER), if EU membership negotiations were postponed, Turkey would look for a new alliance, perhaps in Russia.