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The Impact Of The Turkish Military Coup On The United States

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Turkey’s poltical trajectory in its aftermath of the failed military coup, has significantly impacted the United States already strained relations with Turkey. Turkey’s relationship with the US has been previously stained due to the US's cooperation with the Kurdish PYD in Syria, which turkey considers a terrorist organisation. However, despite much tension, Turkey remains an instrumental geological ally of the United states and other NATO members, as the Nations geological location provides regional stability within the middle east.
However, as a result of the United States reluctance to extradite Mr Gulen, the Turkish government has accused the United States of directly supporting the coup attempt, which has further complicated …show more content…

The European Union has stated that such actions would disqualify Turkey from the accession negotiations and ultimately EU membership.
In 2005, Ankara undertook important reforms to the country’s migration and asylum laws and regulations, which strengthened Turkey’s role as the migration gatekeeper of Europe. In exchange, the EU agreed to speed up the disbursement of a previously allocated €3 billion in aid to Turkey and to grant visa-free travel to Turkish citizens, if Turkey meets the requirements outlined in the EU’s visa liberalization roadmap.
The European Union has stated that 5 out of 72 benchmarks still were required to satisfy the criteria for the visa liberalization roadmap. The main of which relates to Turkey’s anti-terror laws, which have been used to restrain and imprison journalists and other critics of the Turkish President, rather than dealing with legitimate terrorism cases. Furthermore, the Turkish government's unwillingness to progress in the accession negotiations has been further displayed by the proposed constitutional reform. The EU has stated that the enactment of the aforementioned constitutional amendments, would come into direct contradiction with the Copenhagen political criteria for EU membership. As a consequence, the European Union will be required to suspend the accession negotiations with

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