Yup! Turkey has placed high in the world-wide rankings for growth throughout the '00s, despite the financial crises happening on its doorstep. It's interesting, because when EU negotiations began, the attitude was very much "poor little Turkey is looking to the rest of Europe for help" and the EU was playing the part of reluctant partner. Today, most Turks are against EU membership, but the EU has been making more and more efforts to prevent negotiations from breaking off. (I wouldn't say that the EU wants Turkey to join...and even if they did I don't think it would be possible for most EU members to admit to wanting Turkey to join.)
