Turkish authorities want to complete the process towards full membership as soon as possible. They expect a lot of economic advantages from the move. There are other questions than the political or economic harmonization and integration. There is the question of human rights and particularly the question of religion. According to Turkish officials there are no religious problems inside Turkey.
Religion has nothing to do with politics.
There Turkish Muslims get the opportunity to create their own communities, not governed by the Diyanet. They often spread defiant views and even terrorism, with the support of European governments who claim unconditional respect for human rights, according to the Diyanet president. That claim was refuted later on by Msgr. Member countries deal with religious freedom within the framework of their own constitutions and laws. The EU rests on respect for the rights of men.