How Could the Relations Between Turkey and the European Union Be Improved?

Abstract

The present article is a printed version of Gürsel Demirok’s speech at the Institute for European Global Studies on May 29, 2001. Demirok outlines the history of the relations between the EU and Turkey and discusses the importance of the Helsinki European Council. Further, he names the criteria for the accession of Turkey to the European Union and assesses what work has been done. In the final part of his presentation, he discusses the Accession Partnership and the Turkish National Program for the Adoption of the Acquis.