Publication

This paper takes an in-depth look at the European citizens’ attitudes toward Turkey's accession to the EU and explains key-elements in determining support for or opposition to Turkish membership. The authors use data from Eurobarometer questionnaires on citizens' attitudes regarding Turkey. The publication shows that views for and against Turkish membership are multidimensional and that citizens use different arguments for both positions. The authors conclude that the key to Turkish EU membership may well lie in the way accession is argued and justified and not only in the way it is negotiated.