Seminar paper from the year 2012 in the subject Politics - Region: Near East, Near Orient, grade: 1,7, language: English, abstract: This term paper deals with the question whether Turkey has a realistic chance in the current position of becoming a full member state. First, the current state of developments and the historical relationship between Turkey and the EU is supposed to be examined, followed by an analysis of the current state of negotiations referring to use of the Copenhagen criteria. Finally, the chances of Turkey's full membership on the basis of the various positions of European institutions and member countries are going to be estimated.