Ömer Taspinar

Articles de cet auteur (2)

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  Quo vadis Europe?

  20 June 2008

  While Ankara is busy shooting itself in the foot with the closure case against the ruling party, major events are unfolding in Europe and the Middle East. Despite all the distractions at home, Turkey needs to pay attention to what is going on in its strategic horizons.
  The most important development of last week was on the European front, and it was not a pretty sight. The Irish rejection of the Lisbon treaty came as a shock to all believers in the European project. Brussels and the (...)

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  Turkey is not ready for Europe

  2 April 2008

  Dear readership, please note that TE is publishing such an opinion. Hard times indeed !
  If you are sitting in Brussels and looking at what is going on in Turkey, it is almost unavoidable that you will reach a sad conclusion: Turkey is simply not mature enough as a democracy to qualify for EU membership.
  In the past, I used to think that the main challenge for Turkey was to become a “liberal” democracy. If only Ankara could shed some of its illiberal tendencies, I believed, it would prove (...)