Mutual benefit will keep Turkey and NATO together
Journal: Emerald expert briefings
Year: 2016

Subject Turkey's relations with NATO. Significance On November 24, the European Parliament voted in favour of freezing accession talks with Turkey. The vote -- 479 in favour, 37 against and 107 abstentions -- is not binding, and is unlikely to be put into effect. Yet it carried a heavy diplomatic message and served as a reminder of the critical point that Turkey's relationship with its traditional Western allies has reached. Impacts Western concerns over human and civil rights in Turkey are like