Setting a higher bar for Turkey?

International Herald Tribune

"Setting a higher bar for Turkey?
Economic advances only part of equation for entry into EU
By Caroline Brothers

ISTANBUL: Its people are richer than those in Bulgaria, its economic growth outpaces that of Romania and its goods were moving freely within the European Union when the two Eastern European countries were still emerging from communism.

But Turkey, unlike Romania and Bulgaria, which were welcomed into the EU this week, will not be joining the club any time soon.

The controversy over Turkish admittance into the EU goes beyond economic issues, as Turks and Europeans alike debate the role of a majority-Muslim country in the 27-member bloc. But based on the broad membership criteria, the Turks could be forgiven for thinking that a double standard applied to them."