3. Turkey has its own conflict (cont’d)
(2) Political, economic and military alliance (EU & NATO)
Turkey had applied for EU
membership many years ago. But Eastern European countries like Hungary got
official members prior to Turkey though they applied later than Turkey. Anti-EU
sentiment has emerged in Turkey. Turkish people now is confident that EU
accession is hopeless. Regarding the NATO Turkey is an original member of NATO
since its inception. Nowadays NATO's raison d'etre has changed because the Cold
War was over. But the United States has claimed the threat of Russia and appreciated
the geopolitical value of Turkey.
Taking this circumstance into
consideration, Turkey has offered the United States to purchase the
state-of-the-art stealth fighter F-35. The idea is not materialized yet due to
the opposition by Israel. So Turkey has announced its intention to introduce
the S-400 surface-to-air missile system from Russia and shook the United States.
They are in the middle of a bargain now.
Basic problem under the EU and
NATO is that Turkey is the only one Islamic state. No one can deny that the
United States and Western Europe are Islamophobia and Erdogan advocates the
value of Islam. The problem is complicated.
(cont’d)
By Areha Kazuya
E-mail: Arehakazuya1@gmail.com
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