Mr Aktar suggests that individual EU countries which back Turkey should name an unofficial target date for entry: perhaps 2023, the centenary of the Turkish republic.

Aktar表示，支持土的欧盟各成员国应确定土入盟的非正式目标：也许2023年较合适。那是土耳其共和国建国100周年。

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Professor Aktar of Bachesehir University says the rapid progress of EU applicant Croatia only adds to Turkish resentment.

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But Professor Cengiz Aktar, head of European Union studies at Istanbul's Bachesehir University, says such reports from the commission are becoming just an academic exercise.

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Cengiz Aktar, a professor at Istanbul's Bahcesehir University, says we will see if Erdogan is ready for this or whether he "will go his own way and impose his own views on Turkey - in which case we will have difficult times".

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