NOTE ON THE ADVANCEMENT OF TURKEY’S EU MEMBERSHIP NEGOTIATIONS

Cengiz Aktar and Barış Gençer Baykan

Betam has updated the general tableau that it has prepared and shared with public on May 2008. It is understood from its latest decisions that the Turkish government will take European Union (EU) affairs more seriously. A new Ministry of State for EU Affairs is established and Mr. Egemen Bağış, a politician close to Prime Minister, has been appointed as Chief Negotiator and Minister. We hope that the government does not fail to fulfill the expectations and four years of inertia can be caught up with.

doc. ResearchBrief027

pdf. ResearchBrief027