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Sorry for my late response. I wasn't at home for a couple of days.
From time to time you will witness articles in the Western media quoting prestigious institutions and their analyses on the public opinion in Turkey. You will read almost always that the overwhelming majority of Turks are supporting the Turkish EU membership ambitions suggesting that Turks unlike their government show a staunch pro-EU stance. This is not true. The average Turkish citizen would never accept to give up a big share of our national sovereignty rights which is a formal requirement to become a full EU member state. People in Turkey are usually pro EU not because they believe in same sex marriage or the right to die. It is much more simple.
When people in Turkey look at the EU, what do they see in the first place? They face nations like Bulgaria, Romania, Greece, Poland & Hungary primarily. Their first and most important impression of the EU is made by these post-socialist second world countries. They see the amount of money they receive unfairly every year from Western Europe. In addition to that, they also see the reality of Eastern Europe. They know how underdeveloped and anti-Brussels those countries and societies are, yet, they still get billions from Western Europe.
Many people in Turkey are honestly convinced that we could do much, much better than Eastern Euros if we get the same amount of support they are getting each and every year from the West. But what my compatriots don't realize is the fact that Eastern Europeans gave up their independence almost entirely.
Take the most pro-European Turk and explain him in 5 min. which kind of rights we have to assign to Brussels in order to become an EU member and you'll witness immediately a change of mind.
When it comes to Europe and Turkey, people must learn to sharply distinguish between the cash value and the normative value of Europe. Even the biggest Kemalist accepts that Europe experienced by Atatürk is dead.
Sorry for my late response. I wasn't at home for a couple of days.
From time to time you will witness articles in the Western media quoting prestigious institutions and their analyses on the public opinion in Turkey. You will read almost always that the overwhelming majority of Turks are supporting the Turkish EU membership ambitions suggesting that Turks unlike their government show a staunch pro-EU stance. This is not true. The average Turkish citizen would never accept to give up a big share of our national sovereignty rights which is a formal requirement to become a full EU member state. People in Turkey are usually pro EU not because they believe in same sex marriage or the right to die. It is much more simple.
When people in Turkey look at the EU, what do they see in the first place? They face nations like Bulgaria, Romania, Greece, Poland & Hungary primarily. Their first and most important impression of the EU is made by these post-socialist second world countries. They see the amount of money they receive unfairly every year from Western Europe. In addition to that, they also see the reality of Eastern Europe. They know how underdeveloped and anti-Brussels those countries and societies are, yet, they still get billions from Western Europe.
Many people in Turkey are honestly convinced that we could do much, much better than Eastern Euros if we get the same amount of support they are getting each and every year from the West. But what my compatriots don't realize is the fact that Eastern Europeans gave up their independence almost entirely.
Take the most pro-European Turk and explain him in 5 min. which kind of rights we have to assign to Brussels in order to become an EU member and you'll witness immediately a change of mind.
When it comes to Europe and Turkey, people must learn to sharply distinguish between the cash value and the normative value of Europe. Even the biggest Kemalist accepts that Europe experienced by Atatürk is dead.
