By Halil Gürhanlı
April 7, 2016
With the refugee deal with EU, the regime in Turkey earns the silence of its European critics as the country proceeds towards complete authoritarianism. The EU leaders get to have their cake and eat it too, outsourcing gate-keeping while maintaining the moral upper-hand. However, this is a joint “achievement” gained at the expense of millions of Syrian refugees. It tarnishes EU’s status as a normative power. Meanwhile, Turkey is also a loser, as it will not be politically and financially compensated for carrying the refugee burden.
- Turkey
- European Union
- Authoritarianism
- Syria
- Refugees
- Turkey EU membership talks
- Schengen Treaty
- Donald Tusk
- Ahmet Davutoğlu
- Angela Merkel
- AKP
- Aegean Sea
- Cyprus
- Human rights
- Freedom of Speech
- Kurdish Issue