Contents
Terms of Reference
Summary
Conclusions
and recommendations
1
Introduction
PART 1: TURKEY
AS A UK "STRATEGIC PARTNER"
2
Strengthening the bilateral relationship
UK-Turkey
"Strategic Partnership"
FCO resources
UK visa regime
People-to-people
contacts and public opinion
British
Council in Turkey
3
Turkey's domestic political development and human rights
The nature
of AKP rule
Legal
cases and justice system
Human
rights
Kurdish situation
New constitution
4
Turkey as a foreign policy partner
Turkey's
international position and policy
Non-Western
turn?
Turkey
and the 'Arab Spring'
NATO,
the US and missile defence
Turkey
and Iran
Exaggerated
influence?
Turkey and Israel
Turkey as
'model'?
Energy security
5
Economic and commercial relations
Turkish economy
UK-Turkey
trade and commercial relations
Defence
sector
EU-Turkey
Customs Union
PART 2: TURKEY'S
EU ACCESSION
6
Membership goal
UK support
for Turkey's EU membership
What kind
of EU?
Will Turkey
still want to join?
7
Blocked accession process
Blocked negotiations
Stalemate
costs
Cyprus breakthrough?
8
EU-Turkey partnership?
Annex
Committee
visit to Turkey, 30 October-3 November 2011
Map: Turkey
and the EU in the wider region
Formal
Minutes
Witnesses
List of
written evidence
List of additional written evidence
Oral and written evidence
18 October 2011
25 October 2011
15 November 2011
13 December 2011
Written evidence
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