The European Union, Turkey and Islam

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Corporate Editor	The Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR)
Abstract	Does the fact that the majority of Turkey's population is Muslim form a hindrance to its EU membership? According to a recent policy advice by the Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR), the answer is an adamant 'no'. Why is this issue of Turkish Islam relevant? After all, Turkey should not be judged by standards other than the Copenhagen criteria. The answer is that the public debate outside 'Brussels' will not be limited to these official criteria. Many people in Europe are worried about Turkey's 'Islam factor'. They believe that Muslims are (potentially violent) fundamentalists who want to establish a theocracy. By explicitly examining the role of Turkish Islam and Muslims in Turkey, the WRR wants to contribute to a well-informed European public debate on Turkey's accession.
Keywords	EU; Turkey; Islam; joining the European Union; religion
Classification	Sociology of Religion; European Politics
Document language	English
Publication Year	2004
Publisher	Amsterdam Univ. Press
City	Amsterdam
Page/Pages	176 p.
ISBN	978-90-5356-712-8
Status	Published Version; reviewed
Licence	Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works