Comparison of the relations between the EU and Western Balkan states with the relations between the EU and Turkey

Abstract

Today when we talk about the enlargement strategy of the EU, we firstconsider on Turkey and Western Balkan States. So we want to describe the similarities and differences by making comparison of the relations betweenthe EU and Western Balkan States with the relations between the EU andTurkey. Firstly we need to describe briefly how the EU is established. As we all know, two powerful states - not from Europe - dominated over Europe for the firsttime at the end of the Second World War. A fact as USA in Western Europe and Russia in Eastern Europe to be new forces caused the European states todecide and attempt seriously about uniting in Europe and recovering whenboth forced states make politics for the regions at their controls to abidethemselves. The European states competing among themselves in Europeand in the World until that time were anyhow controlled or come under theinfluence of the others or else dependent on the others.Beside Europe to be dependent on the others, a fact as controlling Germany not to become a threat again as in the Second World War was effective forthe new structure. The European states that wanted getting over and findingsolutions for uniting, tried to stand by helping each other.