Should Turkey join the EU, yes or no?

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Should Turkey join the EU, yes or no?

• Rafael van der Linden, G4c

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Interview vragenlijst

• What does Turkey add to the EU?
• What are, according to you, the advantages if
  Turkey would join the EU?
• What are, according to you, the disadvantages if
  Turkey would join the EU?
• Do you want a referdum about the adhesion of
  Turkey? Or do you think that this is a descision
  of the politicians?
• Do you think that the Turkish people have to pay
  the same amount of money to the EU as we do?
• Or should this be more or less? Please explain
  why.
• Should that be any changes if you look at the
  caution of Turkey before they may join the EU?
• Turkey has a lot of work to do before they may
  join the EU, for example they have to acknowledge
  the Kurdisch language and they have to make a
  economical growth. Wouldnt it be better if
  Turkey just waited for a couple of years in order
  to adhere to the EU?
• Explain your answer from the previous question.
• What do you think that Turkey has to change, if
  you look at the democracy, in order to adhere to
  the EU?

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Interview with Olof van der Linden

• What does Turkey add to the EU? I think that
  Turkey adds a moral value to the EU. When Turkey
  gets accession to the EU the people who live in
  multicultural societies might get more respect
  for Turkish people. This is because when Turkey
  enters the EU probably more and more people
  emigrate from Turkey and get confrontated with
  people who look with a western persperctive.
• What are, according to you, the advantages if
  Turkey would join the EU? I dont think really
  there are any good advantages except for the one
  given in question 1.
• What are, according to you, the disadvantages if
  Turkey would join the EU? Cheap labor forces from
  Turkey will take over the labor market. This
  causes Western people to lose their jobs,
  unemployment increases and there goes the
  prosperity of the EU!
• What counts the most for you? The negative or
  positive sides of the adhesion of Turkey? The
  negative sides.
• Do you want a referdum about the adhesion of
  Turkey? Or do you think that this is a descision
  of the politicians? A referendum, because after
  all, the politicians dont have to deal with all
  the people immigrating in our country, but we
  have to face them in real life!

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Interview with Olof van der Linden

• Do you think that the Turkish people have to pay
  the same amount of money to the EU as we do? Yes,
  everybody is equal, no exceptions are made, they
  shall have to be treated equal when theyve got
  permission to enter the EU.
• Or should this be more or less? Please explain
  why. It should be equal.
• Should that be any changes if you look at the
  caution of Turkey before they may join the EU?
  Yes, the death penalty should be banished. This
  is against the human rights of the EU. Next to
  this Turkey should acknowledge the Kurdish
  language and the Armenian genocide.
• Turkey has a lot of work to do before they may
  join the EU, for example they have to acknowledge
  the Kurdisch language and they have to make a
  economical growth. Wouldnt it be better if
  Turkey just waited for a couple of years in order
  to adhere to the EU? Yes.
• Explain your answer from the previous question.
  If Turkey joins the EU right now, the EU will be
  stuck with all the problems, this isnt good for
  us. Because each subsidy from the EU has to be
  paid from our taxes. So the taxes will probably
  rise.
• What do you think that Turkey has to change, if
  you look at the democracy, in order to adhere to
  the EU? Well theyll have to change in a way of
  freedom of speech. There is no freedom of speech
  in the EU, though this is a very important human
  right that all the people in the EU have.

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Interview with Tim Gosen

• What does Turkey add to the EU? More cheap
  workers, and a new economic/trade market.
• What are, according to you, the advantages if
  Turkey would join the EU? Our economical and
  social knowledge would expand, because we have
  more to learn from and we would have an other
  country benefit from our wealth so it will grow
  economically, which will benefit us later.
• What are, according to you, the disadvantages if
  Turkey would join the EU? More people would come
  to our country because they are allowed to if the
  join the EU, which would be a big disadvantage
  for our and their country
• What counts the most for you? The negative or
  positive sides of the adhesion of Turkey?
  Negative
• Do you want a referdum about the adhesion of
  Turkey? Or do you think that this is a descision
  of the politicians? I would defiantly want a
  referendum. I think my country would suffer if
  more Turkeys came in. They are a shame for our
  society and would just exploit us instead of
  helping our country. I would not benefit our
  segregation problem. Furthermore, good people
  would leave their country, which will make their
  own countrys market weaker and that will be a
  big disadvantage for them.
• Do you think that the Turkish people have to pay
  the same amount of money to the EU as we do? No,
  simply because they cant effort it

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Interview with Tim Gosen

• Or should this be more or less? Please explain
  why. It should be more, to prevent them from
  joining
• Should that be any changes if you look at the
  caution of Turkey before they may join the EU?
  Yes, they should banish the Islam from their
  country before they may join.
• Turkey has a lot of work to do before they may
  join the EU, for example they have to acknowledge
  the Kurdisch language and they have to make a
  economical growth. Wouldnt it be better if
  Turkey just waited for a couple of years in order
  to adhere to the EU? No, they just shouldnt
  adhere at all, never.
• Explain your answer from the previous question. I
  think Turkey doesnt fit in the EU, they have a
  completely different style of life. They just
  dont match with us.
• What do you think that Turkey has to change, if
  you look at the democracy, in order to adhere to
  the EU? Dont acknowledge the Islam any more, to
  set a good example for the rest of the EU.

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Interview with Dylan Panday

• What does Turkey add to the EU? I think Turkey
  adds another nation to depend on to the EU.
  Turkey is not a very thriving country at the
  moment but with the support of the EU in the
  future it could be a thriving country.
• What are, according to you, the advantages if
  Turkey would join the EU? Personally, I wouldnt
  have any difficulties with Turkey joining the
  European Union.
• What are, according to you, the disadvantages if
  Turkey would join the EU? The difficulties of
  Turkey joining the EU are that Turkey isnt a
  wealthy and thriving country and it may not have
  anything to add in the beginning, for the
  European Country.
• What counts the most for you? The negative or
  positive sides of the adhesion of Turkey? The
  negative sides, because when a country joins the
  EU, it needs to have a lot of advantages FOR the
  EU and not against. Turkey is not a country that
  has a lot to add to the EU because it is not
  wealthy and it has its own problems like poverty
  in some parts of the country.
• Do you want a referdum about the adhesion of
  Turkey? Or do you think that this is a descision
  of the politicians? I think a referdum, because I
  think the people have to decide what they want.

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Interview with Dylan Panday

• Explain your answer from the previous question. I
  think the politicians are smart enough to decide
  that Turkey has nothing to add for the EU and
  only tries to make benefit of it for themselves.
• Do you think that the Turkish people have to pay
  the same amount of money to the EU as we do? Yes,
  or ells it wouldnt be fair.
• Or should this be more or less? Please explain
  why. They should pay a bit less, because some
  people do not have as much money as we do.
• Should that be any changes if you look at the
  caution of Turkey before they may join the EU?
  No, I think that they shouldnt change anything
  to join the EU.
• Turkey has a lot of work to do before they may
  join the EU, for example they have to acknowledge
  the Kurdisch language and they have to make a
  economical growth. Wouldnt it be better if
  Turkey just waited for a couple of years in order
  to adhere to the EU? Yes
• Explain your answer from the previous question.
  Turkey tries to make benefit of the EU by joining
  it, and hope that the economy gets better, but
  that is wrong.
• What do you think that Turkey has to change, if
  you look at the democracy, in order to adhere to
  the EU? They should create more job opportunities
  and get more people to work, in order to get the
  economy a bit better.

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Interview with Sofia Giostrelli

• What does Turkey add to the EU? I think Turkey
  adds another nation to depend on to the EU.
  Turkey is not a very thriving country at the
  moment but with the support of the EU in the
  future it could be a thriving country.
• What are, according to you, the advantages if
  Turkey would join the EU? That Turkey will get
  richer.
• What are, according to you, the disadvantages if
  Turkey would join the EU?I think that if Turkey
  would join the EU there might be different
  debates about the different type of religions and
  belief that we have. Turkey might have many
  different views and there might be problems.
• What counts the most for you? The negative or
  positive sides of the adhesion of Turkey? Well, I
  think both because anyhow there are going to be
  both positive and negatives sides of the adhesion
  of Turkey so we might as well just deal with
  them.
• Do you want a referdum about the adhesion of
  Turkey? Or do you think that this is a descision
  of the politicians? I think everybody should have
  their opinion about it and that everybody should
  be able to say their opinion and make it count.

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Interview with Sofia Giostrelli

• Explain your answer from the previous question.
  If Turkey will be added in the EU just by
  politicians and politics then, it is all purely
  business that they want to deal with and it
  wouldnt be so fair, if people would also be able
  to say their opinion about it then it would also
  be more of a social aspect too.
• Do you think that the Turkish people have to pay
  the same amount of money to the EU as we do?
  Well, if they will join, ofcourse they should.
• Or should this be more or less? Please explain
  why. The same or it wouldnt be fair.
• Should that be any changes if you look at the
  caution of Turkey before they may join the EU?
  Yes, the civil rights should be stricted and
  obeyed.
• Turkey has a lot of work to do before they may
  join the EU, for example they have to acknowledge
  the Kurdisch language and they have to make a
  economical growth. Wouldnt it be better if
  Turkey just waited for a couple of years in order
  to adhere to the EU? Yes and no.
• Explain your answer from the previous question.
  Well I dont see why Turkish people should learn
  Kurdish, just because there are a lot of Kurdish
  people?! Well then they should learn every other
  language like Dutch and Italian because there are
  a lot of Italian and Dutch people, I dont think
  it makes much sense. Making the economical growth
  is necessary for Turkey and by waiting a few more
  years they would grow, but in another way, if
  Turkey would join the EU they could get some help
  from other countries of the EU to make them grow,
  so they could have a collaboration.
• What do you think that Turkey has to change, if
  you look at the democracy, in order to adhere to
  the EU? The civil rights policy.

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My opinion

• What does Turkey add to the EU? I think Turkey
  adds another nation to depend on to the EU.
  Turkey is not a very thriving country at the
  moment but with the support of the EU in the
  future it could be a thriving country. But I
  think it is better to look how the EU could help
  Turkey in economic but also political way.
• What are, according to you, the advantages if
  Turkey would join the EU? As I explained in
  question one, Turkey is at the moment not a rich
  country eventhought, it has a blooming tourist
  business. But if you invest in Turkey I think
  that Turkey could be a rich country.
• What are, according to you, the disadvantages if
  Turkey would join the EU? That the EU will be
  crowded with cheap workers, and a lot of
  immigrants to the western Europese countries.
• What counts the most for you? The negative or
  positive sides of the adhesion of Turkey? I think
  the positive because it will mean that EU would
  also grow and Turkey could be helped aswell.
• Do you want a referdum about the adhesion of
  Turkey? Or do you think that this is a descision
  of the politicians? I think it is a desicion of
  the politicians because they would know better if
  the Eu should join or not, and I think a lot of
  people would only look at the disadvantadges.

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My Opinion

• Do you think that the Turkish people have to pay
  the same amount of money to the EU as we do? Yes,
  if Turkey would join the EU the would have to pay
  the same amount of money. This because it would
  nt be fair for the rest of Europe.
• Or should this be more or less? Please explain
  why. The same amount as I said in the question
  above, it wouldnt be fair for Turkey or the rest
  of Europe if they paid more or less.
• Should that be any changes if you look at the
  caution of Turkey before they may join the EU? I
  think Turkey should give all the people of their
  country the right of people, that means that the
  people they torture should not be tortured
  because they have the same rights as all the
  other people.
• Turkey has a lot of work to do before they may
  join the EU, for example they have to acknowledge
  the Kurdisch language and they have to make a
  economical growth. Wouldnt it be better if
  Turkey just waited for a couple of years in order
  to adhere to the EU? I think if Turkey wants to
  join the EU they would have to change these
  things right now, because then it shows the rest
  of Europe that Turkey is willing to accept
  changes in order to join the EU.
• What do you think that Turkey has to change, if
  you look at the democracy, in order to adhere to
  the EU? As i said before the civil rights and i
  think that they should have economical growth
  aswell.