I think we need to also ask the question:
Why does Turkey want to join the EU?
The secular side wants in because Turkey risks falling into the theocratic muslim circle.The military wants in because it will keep turkey secular and modern.
The current administration of Turkey says it wants in because they can use it to further there own agenda of a muslim state without the Military shutting them down.
Now,
Turkey started entry talks with the European Union five years ago, but negotiations on several policy areas have stalled or have been suspended because of Turkey's refusal to open its ports to trade with EU-member Cyprus as well as opposition in France and other European countries' to letting a populous, Muslim nation into the 27-nation bloc.
It's actually interesting to point out that both the Orthodox Church in Turkey, along with the Syriacs and Armenian Apostolic Church are in favor of Turkey joining the EU. In a nutshell, the reason they are in favor of Turkish EU membership is that there will be leverage to force Turkey to live up to the constitutional guarantee, which has been part of the Turkish constitution since the republic was established, as well as a condition for EU membership, to grant religious freedom to all citizens. Hence, unlike Saudi Arabia, which constitutionally bans all religions except Islam, Turkey already, at least notionally, guarantess this first freedom.
But how can Turkey join the EU without recognizing a member state (Cyprus) for instance?
The suppresion of human rights is also a very big issue : why the orthodox patriarchate of Istanbul is not capable of training its own priests?
The problem is in Turkey's imperialist attitude as evidenced in Cyprus, or the state run by the Generals who question the sovereignty of 2 EU member states, namely Greece and Cyprus for instance.
Europe should not be asked to take a chance on Turkey.
There is the Da'wa threat, and the demographic threat, for a start, both felt in Europe.
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