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Since the Atatürk revolution in 1923, Turkey has been a typically European country, albeit of the old-fashioned, authoritarian kind, which we no longer want in Europe these days. The army’s power is immense; there are political prisoners; parties and newspapers are often banned and an electoral threshold of 10% keeps even most legal parties outside of parliament. Kurds, Armenians and Assyrians are given the choice between leaving the country or adapting to the language, the culture and religion of the Turkish majority. Turkey must change a great deal before we can welcome it, not only in its legislation but also in daily life. After more than 40 years, it is now proposed to open negotiations shortly with a view to full membership of the EU. That is also what the millions of Europeans of Turkish origin want. A decision as to whether Turkey may join will be made not before, but during, the negotiations. There is the risk that the Turkish Government may consider that after three or five years’ negotiations, Turkey deserves EU membership, without the problems of democracy, human rights and ethnic minorities having been resolved by then, with the potential for conflicts and an eventual rift. The Copenhagen criteria must not be replaced by Ankara criteria."@en1
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