The European Union, Turkey and Islam

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Éditeur : Amsterdam University Press	Date & Lieu : 2004, Amsterdam
Préface :	Pages : 176
Traduction :	ISBN : 90-5356-692-9
Langue : Anglais	Format : 160x240 mm
	Thème : Politique

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The European Union, Turkey and Islam Officially, Islam does not play a role in the decision whether to accept Turkey as a member state of the European Union (eu). Yet many people wonder if a Muslim country such as Turkey would really fit into the European Union. Is Turkish Islam compatible with democracy, human rights and the separation of state and religion? The central question of this report, therefore, is whether the fact that the majority of its population is Muslim forms a hindrance to Turkish accession to the European Union. This report is a full translation of De Europese Unie, Turkije en de islam, that was officially presented to the Dutch government on 21 June 2004 by the Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy. The Council is an independent advisory body for the Dutch government which provides sollicited and unsollicited advise on developments which may affect society in the long term (see also: www.wrr.nl).



Preface This report has been prepared by an internal project group of the Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy (wrr) comprising researchers dr. W. Asbeek Brusse and drs. I.J. Schoonenboom. The analyses in the report are based, in part, on a study conducted by prof. dr. E.J. Zürcher and H. van der Linden at the request of the Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy. The study, Searching for the Fault-Line. A Survey of the role of Turkish Islam in Turkey’s accession to the eu in the light of the ‘clash of civilisations’, is also published in this volume. The wrr assumes full responsibility for its “Report to the Government”. The authors of the commissioned study are entirely responsible for their own views.