For too many moons now, the European Union's policy aimed at Turkey could not go beyond the “let us neither let them in nor leave them out” position. While many countries ruled by authoritarian regimes in the Cold War period, primarily Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and Croatia, were made to quickly and easily join the EU, constantly assigning “homework” to Turkey cannot mean anything else but make things difficult. All along there has been a “circle” within the EU that has been defending that Turkey should not be accepted into the union. From time to time they reveal their true colors. For example, the “privileged partnership” suggestion for Turkey is the product of this approach.