Turkey is negotiating its accession to the European Union as a member state, following its application to become a full member of the European Economic Community, the predecessor of the EU, on 14 Apri
Palace of Europe in Strasbourg, seat of the Council of Europe, which Turkey joined on 13 April 1950
A view of Dolmabahçe Palace and the skyline of Levent business district from the Bosphorus strait in Istanbul, the largest city and economic capital of Turkey, and the former capital of the Roman (330–395), Byzantine (395–1204 and 1261–1453), Latin (1204–1261) and Ottoman (1453–1922) empires
İstiklal Avenue in Istanbul's cosmopolitan Beyoğlu district is visited by an average of 3 million people on weekend days.
Originally a church, later a mosque, the 6th century Hagia Sophia (532–537) in Constantinople (Istanbul) built by the Byzantine emperor Justinian the Great was the largest cathedral ever constructed in the world for nearly a millennium, until the completion of the Seville Cathedral (1507) in Spain.
The European Union has expanded a number of times throughout its history by way of the accession of new member states to the Union. To join the EU, a state needs to fulfil economic and political condi
Accession of Turkey to the European Union
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The European Commission, which plays a central role in the enlargement process.
The Iron Curtain's fall enabled eastward enlargement. (Berlin Wall)