Abstract
Since 1999, Turkey is officially candidate to enter the European Union. 13 years later, it has still not joined the EU, while other countries like Croatia, Romania or Bulgaria applied at the same time or later and joined before Turkey.
In 13 years, there have been a lot of events that occurred in the process of accession to the EU. But there are still many problems that prevent the EU to go further and to welcome Turkey as a member state of the Union.
What are the main criteria that determine the accession of a country to the EU? Who makes the decisions? What is the exact process? These are the questions that need to be asked in order to understand the situation of Turkey as a candidate to enter the EU.
