It ' s an application process that can only be completed upon agreement from all EU member states , including the one Turkey has literally been occupying for the last 32 years . It ' s an application process that can only be completed upon completion of 30 of the 33 chapters , turkey have completed 1 in the last 29 years . They were given requirements to get a Schengen visa free travel deal , and not only did they not make progress towards that , they went backwards . Based on the progress Turkey have made so far , when do you think they will join ? Just because you hand a business your CV every week and they tell you they ' ll keep a hold of it , doesn ' t mean they ' re ever going to hire you . <| sep |> And so far , from my only mildly interested perspective , its following the same pattern as the Janner case . You must be insane to suggest such a thing . And it was said for decades , preventing any open inquiries . There is no harm in people asking questions .