TURKEY AND THE EUROPEAN UNION

Turkey is located in the middle of the Old World of Europe, Asia, and Africa. From Neolithic period through these days, Turkey is used as a settlement, and is being always an attractive region in prehistoric ages and nowadays. Turkey takes this characteristic, in other words this unabating importance in the history of human from the geography which Turkey exists. Geographic characteristics of Turkey have always dominated historical characteristics, and brought about a different and unique life-style which affects and is affected from its environment. Turkey is increasingly developing in from the points of political, economical, cultural aspects. Although coming through serious political and economical crisis, through its population, surplus population of young people, increasing rates of literacy, Turkey solves its problems and develops. Turkey is intended on joining to the European Union. Turkey is sincere for joining to the European Union and makes strides in this path. In this consciousness, Turkey demands for full membership of the European Union. It is aimed a Turkey which lives, works, produces, and consumes in Western standards.