Türkiye’s insistence to return to EU negotiations

According to the international group Tasnim News Agency, these days, the Turkish relations And the western world has no definition, Erdogan does not talk about the importance of being a member of the union.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the leader of the Justice and Development Party, in the past few days, many times Challenged Europe. It got to the point where Erdogan even used the issue of Gaza and the crimes of the Zionist regime as a tool, and with a stinging tone, he considered Germany’s current approach because of the country’s debt and debt to Israel because of the Holocaust.

Meanwhile, Erdoğan made statements about France and the European country’s history of crimes in the African continent, which were criticized by several European politicians.

Erdogan in UAE And at the climate change meeting, he met with Italian Prime Minister Giorgio Meloni. But the evidence shows that the mood of this meeting was not only not friendly and promising, but cold and soulless. Because Meloni is one of several Italian leaders who criticizes both the foreign policy and the governance of Erdogan’s government and his dealings with issues such as human rights and the rule of law.

According to this table, can we say that Turkey’s membership in the European Union has been completely forgotten? The answer is negative. The issue of joining Europe is still important for Türkiye. But the problem is that Erdogan himself does not want to talk about this issue. Because, according to his own words, he has faced the closed doors of the union many times and does not like the discriminatory and excuse-making behavior of the Europeans. so to speak, he pushed back with his hand and pushed forward with his foot. /09/11/1402091111402567828887044.jpg”/>

The words of Mehmet Şimşek, as one of the most important ministers of Erdoğan’s cabinet regarding the European Union, indicate the fact that Ankara, on the surface, shows reluctance to join the union, but behind the scenes, he is still trying and lobbying to convince the European leaders.

Shimsek: We want to join Europe

Two days ago, Josep Borrell, the EU High Representative for Foreign Policy and Security and EU Commissioner for Neighborhood Affairs and Union Development, Oliver Verhly, reviewed the Commission’s report on EU-Turkey relations at the Commission building in Brussels.

In this meeting, while reviewing Criticisms about Turkey’s political and legal situation, Ankara’s proposals to facilitate the issuance of visas and the modernization of the customs union were evaluated. newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1402/09/11/1402091111414139728887074.jpg”/>

After the meeting between Burrell and Verheli, contrary to the usual process, the witness took a stand We were not the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It was Mehmet Şimşek who commented on Europe very briefly. shared and announced that he welcomed the latest report of the European Commission on the importance of political, economic and trade relations between the European Union and Turkey.

He added: “We want to again Let’s connect. Türkiye is determined to join the European Union. The actions proposed by the commission and the high representative indicate encouraging and positive developments.”

Shimsek further said: “The resumption of high-level talks between the European Union and Turkey, especially in the field of economy , energy and transport, continuation of high-level political dialogue meetings at the level of the Association Council and Ministers, reviving negotiations on the draft negotiation framework for the modernization of the EU-Turkey Customs Union, inviting the European Investment Bank to resume its activities In all sectors in Turkey, the reduction of visa restrictions for businessmen, students, Turkish citizens and their family members in the EU are important issues and we hope to achieve good and positive results on each of these issues. Therefore, I emphasize that Turkey and the European Union are stronger when they are together. We firmly want to join Europe”. 11/1402091111424924128887094.jpg”/>

Erdogan and his team have not adopted such a position.

b) An initial signal has been sent by the Europeans to the Ankara authorities, indicating the possibility of an initial agreement on some visa exemptions. and customs.

Of course, such a decision is not without preconditions, and possible scenarios regarding Europe’s requests from Turkey could include such issues:

1. The European Union is unhappy with Turkey’s support for Hamas and demands the adjustment of this position and the continuation of political-security relations with the Zionist regime.

2. Distance from Russia, support seriousness of Ukraine and help in the full implementation of Western sanctions against Moscow are among the important points of the Union. and probably Erdogan’s team will have to, at least in the case of the release of Osman Kavala and Salaheddin Demirtas, be short and implement the court’s verdict. that even if all the possible scenarios are true, at least in the medium term, it is not possible to restart negotiations to complete Turkey’s membership process in the Union, and the efforts will only be based on these two axes:

A) Facilitating visa issuance.

B) Reducing customs tariffs and making an exception for Turkey in the implementation of customs union rules.

These issues have become vitally important for the Erdogan government and the ruling party of Turkey, when the economic crisis, widespread unemployment, unprecedented inflation, brain drain and the increase in the desire to emigrate even among skilled workers and technicians have faced the Turkish government with many problems.

As a result, now, joining the union is a great and unattainable ideal, but falling short of this luxury goal and settling for the minimum is It is valuable and vitally important for Erdogan’s government.

What do the European powers say?

Turkey has announced a request to restart the membership negotiations while the top European powers have not shown interest in this issue.

Now we have to see if it is possible that in a short-term process, without Turkey joining the European Union, In the field of visa and customs, he won a relative score or not.

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