THE EUROPEAN-TURKISH RELATIONS AS SEEN FROM GERMAN PERSPETIVE
Udo Witzens
Germany has always been one of the most important supporters Turkish membership in European community. When on summit December 11h 2004 German administration insisted a date for accession negotiations to begin 2005 it acted continuity traditional politics since EU option full was opened Turkey Treaty Ankara by EEC President Prof Walter Hallstein 1963. However, today there are some voices against entry mainly rows conservative parties CDU/CSU, whose opposition is motivated Inner eve General elections. These reservations ideologically backed historians who try question compatibility because geographical, historical, and cultural reasons. But brief analysis reveals stereotypes culturalistic prejudices western historiography behind those arguments.
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