The European Union, Turkey and Islam

• Main Author: Raad voor het Regeringsbeleid, Wetenschappelijke (auth)
• Other Authors: Scientific Council for Government Policy, Netherlands (auth, Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam University Press 2004
• Series: WRR Rapporten
• Subjects: Politics & government; Comparative politics; Theology; Sociology; Political Science; Religion
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Does the fact that the majority of Turkey's population is Muslim form a hindrance to its EU membership? According to a recent policy advice by the Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR), the answer is an adamant 'no'. Why is this issue of Turkish Islam relevant? Af...