Why Türkiye wants to join the EU so much

It is not that Türkiye does not want to join the EU, but that the EU does not want to accept Türkiye. There are many reasons for the EU's attitude. Everyone’s answers have pretty much said it all. One point I particularly want to emphasize is the religious reason. Türkiye is an Islamic country, while all EU member states are Catholic. After all, Europeans are naturally wary of Türkiye. Because once Turkey joins the EU, the door for Turkish workers to enter the EU to work will be completely open without any obstacles.

What would it feel like? The personal experience of the Germans over the past half century will tell you that if a mute eats Coptis chinensis, he can only swallow it in his stomach. After World War II, Germany imported a large number of workers from Turkey due to labor shortages. It was originally planned to let them work in Turkey for a short period of time and then send them back home. However, these Turkish workers not only did not leave, but instead took their families with them and returned to Germany in large numbers. The reproduction of offspring has formed a huge Turkish community, and the tail cannot be lost, which has become a huge social problem. These Turkish immigrants refused to integrate into the mainstream culture due to religious reasons and were incompatible with the local society.

The EU does not want Turkey to ride on the train of its rapid economic development. It just hopes that Turkey can help it solve problems in the field of political and security. So there is such a strange phenomenon. On the one hand, Türkiye is one of the earliest members of NATO, the European organization in the political sphere.

But on the other hand, Turkey's application to join NATO (earlier applied to join the European Union) has been rejected for decades. Ironically, the former socialist countries in Eastern Europe, such as Romania, Croatia, and the Czech Republic, applied to join the EU much later than Turkey, but they have long been EU members.

This is like everyone queuing up in front of a bus stop. You are at the front of the queue, but the ticket inspector refuses to let you get on the bus for various reasons. Instead, he lets the people behind you get on the bus first. . The bus has passed several times, and most of the people behind you have gotten on the bus, leaving you still waiting at the bus stop. How are you feeling at this time? So when Erdogan became the leader of Turkey, he was no longer willing to accept this humiliation, but directly fought with the EU. Turkey's diplomatic strategy is actually gradually undergoing major adjustments, from moving closer to the West proposed by Kemal, the founder of modern Turkey, to returning to the East and the Islamic world. Turkey's strategic transformation was actually forced by the EU. As a regional power, Turkey's strategic transformation has not only affected the regional situation.