VI. ARGUMENTS AGAINST EUROPEAN UNION MEMBERSHIP As it was stated before, the people who are against to the EU membership meet in several points of view that they believe and present the same or very similar arguments. After doing a detailed research, it was seen that these people come under one roof in accordance of four main issues which were decided to emphasise in this same chapter. The first main argument is can be simply describe as the EU tries to take Turkey under control like the Western Europe did to the Ottoman Empire. This argument is presented as a comparative perspective by mostly paraphrasing the arguments of Prof. Manisalı. In other words, his ideas were mostly expressed in author’s own words. The second argument is based on one of the hardest explicable issues, namely the minorities issues in Turkey, especially Armenian and Kurdish questions. The chapter of these arguments tries to examine and analyse the issue from the point of view of the people who do not support the EU accesion. The third main argument indicates the problems between the EU and Turkey in terms of Cyprus island. Finally, the fourth one is the Customs Union that presents its influences to Turkish economy.
