At the same time, however, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the ruling AKP party – now going into their third five-year term in power – have a number of important domestic issues to tackle, for which the EU accession process can act as an important anchor.
Međutim, istodobno, premijer Recep Tayyip Erdogan i vladajuća stranka AKP -- koji sada ulaze u treći petogodišnji mandat na vlasti -- imaju niz važnih domaćih pitanja s kojima se trebaju sučeliti, u čemu proces pridruživanja EU može biti važan oslonac.