It was a great day of relief for Abdullah Gul, the Turkish Foreign Minister on October 4, 2005. His elation was visible in his words, he said, “A historic point has been reached today as Turkey has embarked on a new era.” Rightly so! It was only after 40 years of constant internal strife with EU that talks over Turkey’s EU membership could begin.
The point in question is not just 40 years, rather, why 40 years and now what?! Out of 25 nations of the European Union, France and Germany have been constantly cavilling at Turkey’s membership issues, let alone Greece. Back in 1974, when part of Cyprus was captured by Turkey and its ports and airports were closed by it, for any trade, the repercussion from European countries came in the form of financial aid blockade. That led to deadlock in talks of Turkey’s membership of the European Union.
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Source:- IIPM Editorial
An IIPM And Management Guru Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri’s Initiative
The point in question is not just 40 years, rather, why 40 years and now what?! Out of 25 nations of the European Union, France and Germany have been constantly cavilling at Turkey’s membership issues, let alone Greece. Back in 1974, when part of Cyprus was captured by Turkey and its ports and airports were closed by it, for any trade, the repercussion from European countries came in the form of financial aid blockade. That led to deadlock in talks of Turkey’s membership of the European Union.
For complete IIPM article click here
Source:- IIPM Editorial
An IIPM And Management Guru Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri’s Initiative
