Young Moslem-Populated-Turkey in Face of the Christain-European-Union

Abstract

Turkey has been struggling for accession into the European Union for nearly half a century. The process is a slow one marked with stagnation periods. Some think that the actual reason for temporizing Turkey's proceeding on the way to Europe is sheer religion difference. Others are of the opinion that shortcomings of Turkey were responsible and her predominantly Moslem population is irrelevant. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.