Campaign against Turkish membership in EU

To:  European Union

We, the people and friends of Europe, declare here our firm objection to the Turkish plans to join the European Union.

We believe that:

- Turkey is culturally, economically and socially far away from Europe.
- Turkey has an unstable and unreliable economy.
- Turkey is NOT a European country; Turkey’s main landmass is in Asia.
- Literacy rates in Turkey are far below European Standards: more than 22% of Turkish women are illiterate (Source: CIA Country facts)
- Turkey’s average annual income is far below EU average: $2,530 (EU 25 lowest = $3,230 LV-Latvia. Source: World Bank)
- Turkey has been violating Human Rights for centuries and it keeps doing it. (Source: UN)
- Turkey illegally invaded Cyprus in 1974 and it still occupies more than half of the island’s territory (soon to be EU territory). In May 1st 2004 Turkey will be having thousands of occupation troops on EU soil.
- Turkey has never stopped torturing the Kurdish minority which amounts 20% of the country’s total population.


We believe that the Turkish membership will harm our Union:

- The integration process will stop.

- The little European feeling that exists today in Europe will fade away

- More and more people will turn against the EU.

- Unemployment will rise as 72 million Turks will be able to work freely in our Union.

- We will have to reduce the aid to some of our poor EU regions in order to give priority to Turkey’s ruined economy.

- Turkey will be among the most important decision makers in the Union since it will be one of the most populated members.

- There are huge security risks: The EU borders will extend to on of the most unstable and dangerous areas of the planet. Turkey borders with the most unsafe countries in the Middle East. With Turkey in the Union it will be much easier for drug and weapon smugglers to reach Europe.


European leaders do not have the democratic legitimacy to start accession negotiations with Turkey. European citizens are against it.

European leaders will be violating the law by starting accession negotiations. The European Treaties state clearly that any EUROPEAN State that shares the values can join the Union. Turkey is neither a European State nor does it share our values.

We, the citizens of Europe, call our leaders to refuse to accept Turkey as a member.

We are in favour of Turkey’s partnership with the EU. We are in favour of humanitarian and financial aid to Turkey.

But we say NO to Turkish full membership.
We do not consider Turks Europeans.
We do not want any non-europeans countries in the European Union.

For these and many more reasons we ask you to support our pan-European campaign against Turkish membership

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

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