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  • Turkey’s Twitter generation is its European future
    Insight by Heather Grabbe, 19 June 2013
    Gezi park protest
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
    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.
  • Absorption capacity – the wrong debate
    Insight by Katinka Barysch, 09 November 2006

    On November 8th, the European Commission published its new strategy report on enlargement. A non-event: drafts had been widely leaked to the press; and the most explosive question – whether accession negotiations with Turkey should by wholly or partly suspended because of Cyprus – has been put off until December.
  • Turkey, Russia and modern nationalism
    Bulletin article by Charles Grant, 01 August 2006

    The EU faces few challenges greater than working out a modus vivendi with two large and difficult neighbours. The way the Union chooses to deal with this duo will do much to determine its future character.
  • Serbia’s choice
    Bulletin article by Angela Heath , 01 August 2006

    Serbia faces a stark political choice this year: to make progress towards joining the EU and NATO, or to turn backwards towards bitter nationalism and a mentality of victimhood.
  • The EU must keep its promise to the Western Balkans
    Essay by Tim Judah, 07 July 2006

    Enlargement has been one of the EU's most successful policies. In the case of the Central and East European countries, the wish to join the Union has helped to foster stability, democratisation and economic reform.
  • Cyprus, Turkey and the EU: Time for a sense of proportion and compromise
    Policy brief by Lord Hannay, 03 July 2006

    The start of Turkish accession talks provided a faint glimmer of hope for unfreezing the Cyprus stalemate that has prevailed since the Greek Cypriots voted down a UN-sponsored settlement plan in 2004.