Turkey expects new talks on its EU bid next month

The EU will give fresh impetus next month to Turkey’s bid to join the 28-nation bloc by opening talks on economic policy, Turkey has announced. Turkey’s new Europe Minister Volkan Bozkir said the EU had agreed to open a new chapter in stalled negotiations. Turkey’s long-running dispute with EU member Cyprus, and the EU’s concerns […]

The EU will give fresh impetus next month to Turkey’s bid to join the 28-nation bloc by opening talks on economic policy, Turkey has announced.
Turkey’s new Europe Minister Volkan Bozkir said the EU had agreed to open a new chapter in stalled negotiations.
Turkey’s long-running dispute with EU member Cyprus, and the EU’s concerns about human rights in Turkey have made progress in the talks extremely slow.
But the EU wants to encourage Turkey to stem the flow of migrants to Europe.
The whole idea of Turkey joining the EU is very controversial. Many European politicians, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, are unenthusiastic.
Such a large, mainly Muslim country with many rural poor could change the whole character of the EU, critics argue