In five pages Turkey's desire to become a European Union member is examined in terms of membership requirements, costs and benefits of membership, effects on Turkey regarding the single Euro currency. Five sources are listed in the bibliography.
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seen as helping with political and economic stability, benefiting both existing and the potential new entrants. In order to understand the impact of joining the trading block the EU will
be looked at and a single country will be chosen that wants to gian membership Turkey has indicated its desire to join the EU for many years, this is a
good example due to the different culture in Turkey when compared to many other nations that wish to join. Turkey applied to join the EU on the 14th of April
1987, the opinion of the Commission was given on the 14th of December, following that Turkey has been seeking to meet the required criteria to join (CES).
A. The Criteria for Joining. When considering the criteria for a country to join the EU there is often a misunderstanding and a concentration on
the economic criteria that need to be satisfied to join the single currency. However, membership of the single currency is not a condition of EU membership. For example, the UK,
an existing member of the EU does not have the Euro as its currency. The membership criteria are broader and are aimed at creating a stable and the ability
to guarantee certain human rights are all needed. These requirements are known as the Copenhagen Criteria. There are three main criteria, each can be considered independently. The first issue
is the need for a stable democratic institution described in A?kinis (2000), as "the candidate country has achieved stability of institutions guaranteeing democracy, the rule of law, human rights and
respect for and protection of minorities". This situation is seen as a fundamental need for a democratic country to exist. In 1998 the EU Commission stated that all of