Turkish Turmoil and the EU

A Financial Times editorial examines the impact of the recent Constitutional Court case on Turkish-EU relations. Banning the AKP, the editorial states, will tremendously damage relations between the EU and Turkey. The editorial blames this instability on Europe’s poor engagement with Turkey as, “If its members had united to offer Turkey a firm and optimistic timetable for accession, instead of constantly raising the bar to entry, it would have kept both the generals and the AKP focused on a European destination.”