Former Belgian co-chair of the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Commission, Marc Galle, published a book in 1995 on how Europeans viewed Turkey. It was called “Turkey, the Disliked Country” (1995). The claim that Turkey is disliked among the European public has long been a fundamental argument used by European politicians to deny Turkey’s demands during negotiations: “Although you are right, we cannot agree to your demands because there is no way we could convince our public and would end up paying […]

Hakan Yılmaz, Emre Erdoğan, Turkey’s “Culturalization” in EU Public Opinion: Observations on the Findings of an Opinion Survey in: Annette Freyberg-Inan, Mehmet Bardakci, Olaf Leiße (Ed.) Growing Together, Growing Apart, page 145 – 164 Turkey and the European Union Today 1. Edition 2016, ISBN print: 978-3-8487-3037-7, ISBN online: 978-3-8452-7418-8, https://doi.org/10.5771/9783845274188-145 Series: Jenaer Beiträge zur Politikwissenschaft, vol. 17 View full text: https://www.nomos-elibrary.de/10.5771/9783845274188-145/turkey-s-culturalization-in-eu-public-opinion-observations-on-the-findings-of-an-opinion-survey