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Türkiye

Türkiye is an official candidate for membership of the European Union.

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  • Candidate country

Relationship with the EU

  1. 1987Applied for membership
  2. 1999Candidate status granted
  3. October 2005Accession negotiations opened

Data

GDP per capita in purchasing power standards67

Eurostat, 2025. Scale 0 to 260.

Milestones

  1. 13 April 1950Joins the Council of Europe. archive.org
  2. 18 February 1952Joins NATO. nato.int
  3. 1963Ankara Association Agreement with the EEC. enlargement.ec.europa.eu
  4. 1987Applies to join the European Economic Community. enlargement.ec.europa.eu
  5. 1995Customs union with the EU set up. enlargement.ec.europa.eu
  6. 1999Recognised as an EU candidate country. enlargement.ec.europa.eu
  7. October 2005EU accession negotiations open. europarl.europa.eu

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