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Turkish EU accession bid
European Union Turkey Locator (with internal borders).svg
Status
Candidate
Negotiating ✔️
Screened ✔️
Applied 14 April 1987
Approved 16 December 2004
Admitted No
Website
Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs Directorate for EU Affairs
EU Commission
Progress
Screening Progress
100% complete
Chapter Progress
3% complete
Ratification Progress
0% complete
Statistics
EU average Turkey
PPP GDP ($M) 552,780 2,749,570[1]
PPP per capita ($) 40,600 32,278[1]
Area (km2) 165,048 783,562
Population 18,583,598 83,154,997[2]
This article is part of a series about the
Accession of Turkey
to the European Union
TrEUaccessLogo.svg
Institutions
Ministry Chief Negotiator Directorate
vte
Turkey is negotiating its accession to the European Union (EU) as a member state, following its application to become a full member of the European Economic Community (EEC), the predecessor of the EU, on 14 April 1987.[3]
After the ten founding members in 1949, Turkey became one of the first new members (the 13th member) of the Council of Europe in 1950.[4][5] The country became an associate member of the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1963, and was an associate member of the Western European Union from 1992 to its end in 2011. Turkey signed a Customs Union agreement with the EU in 1995 and was officially recognised as a candidate for full membership on 12 December 1999, at the Helsinki summit of the European Council.
Negotiations for full membership were started on 3 October 2005.[6] Progress was slow, and out of the 35 Chapters necessary to complete the accession process only 16 had been opened and one had been closed by May 2016.[7] The early 2016 refugee deal between Turkey and the European Union was intended to accelerate negotiations after previous stagnation and allow visa-free travel through Europe for Turks.[8]
Since 2016 accession negotiations have stalled.[9] The EU has accused and criticized Turkey for human rights violations and deficits in rule of law.[10] In 2017, EU officials expressed that planned Turkish policies violate the Copenhagen criteria of eligibility for an EU membership.[11] On 26 June 2018, the EU's General Affairs Council stated that "Turkey has been moving further away from the European Union. Turkey’s accession negotiations have therefore effectively come to a standstill and no further chapters can be considered for opening or closing and no further work towards the modernisation of the EU-Turkey Customs Union is foreseen
Turkish EU accession bid
European Union Turkey Locator (with internal borders).svg
Status
Candidate
Negotiating ✔️
Screened ✔️
Applied 14 April 1987
Approved 16 December 2004
Admitted No
Website
Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs Directorate for EU Affairs
EU Commission
Progress
Screening Progress
Statistics
EU average Turkey
PPP GDP ($M) 552,780 2,749,570[1]
PPP per capita ($) 40,600 32,278[1]
Area (km2) 165,048 783,562
Population 18,583,598 83,154,997[2]
This article is part of a series about the
Accession of Turkey
to the European Union
TrEUaccessLogo.svg
Institutions
Ministry Chief Negotiator Directorate
vte
Turkey is negotiating its accession to the European Union (EU) as a member state, following its application to become a full member of the European Economic Community (EEC), the predecessor of the EU, on 14 April 1987.[3]
After the ten founding members in 1949, Turkey became one of the first new members (the 13th member) of the Council of Europe in 1950.[4][5] The country became an associate member of the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1963, and was an associate member of the Western European Union from 1992 to its end in 2011. Turkey signed a Customs Union agreement with the EU in 1995 and was officially recognised as a candidate for full membership on 12 December 1999, at the Helsinki summit of the European Council.
Negotiations for full membership were started on 3 October 2005.[6] Progress was slow, and out of the 35 Chapters necessary to complete the accession process only 16 had been opened and one had been closed by May 2016.[7] The early 2016 refugee deal between Turkey and the European Union was intended to accelerate negotiations after previous stagnation and allow visa-free travel through Europe for Turks.[8]
Since 2016 accession negotiations have stalled.[9] The EU has accused and criticized Turkey for human rights violations and deficits in rule of law.[10] In 2017, EU officials expressed that planned Turkish policies violate the Copenhagen criteria of eligibility for an EU membership.[11] On 26 June 2018, the EU's General Affairs Council stated that "Turkey has been moving further away from the European Union. Turkey’s accession negotiations have therefore effectively come to a standstill and no further chapters can be considered for opening or closing and no further work towards the modernisation of the EU-Turkey Customs Union is foreseen
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