{"id":48576,"date":"2012-01-05T02:33:27","date_gmt":"2012-01-05T00:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/?p=48576"},"modified":"2023-04-08T14:03:23","modified_gmt":"2023-04-08T11:03:23","slug":"should-turkey-join-the-eu-freshcyprus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2012\/01\/05\/should-turkey-join-the-eu-freshcyprus\/","title":{"rendered":"Should Turkey join the EU? | FreshCyprus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Question by Brett E: Should Turkey join the EU?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-48578\" title=\"b0c1c_Cyprus_Trade_5975028466_21444f1051_m1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/b0c1c_Cyprus_Trade_5975028466_21444f1051_m1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"159\" \/><\/p>\n<p>EU foreign ministers are considering what sanctions to impose on Turkey over its failure to open its ports to trade with the Greek Cypriot government of Cyprus.<\/p>\n<p>Turkey wants an embargo lifted on the breakaway Turkish Cypriot state but the European Commission has proposed freezing elements of Turkey\u2019s membership talks.<\/p>\n<p>The 25 EU member states are deeply divided over Turkish membership. Supporters say it\u2019s strategically important to welcome this moderate Muslim nation. Opponents fear Turkey\u2019s size, relative poverty, historical and cultural differences.<\/p>\n<p>Would you like to see Turkey join the EU?<\/p>\n<p>Best answer:<\/p>\n<p>Answer by Hove Andrew<\/p>\n<p>No<\/p>\n<p>via Should Turkey join the EU? | FreshCyprus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question by Brett E: Should Turkey join the EU? EU foreign ministers are considering what sanctions to impose on Turkey over its failure to open its ports to trade with the Greek Cypriot government of Cyprus. Turkey wants an embargo lifted on the breakaway Turkish Cypriot state but the European Commission has proposed freezing elements [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":48578,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[7925],"class_list":["post-48576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eu-members","tag-turkey-eu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}