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Turkey's EU accession process is progressing at uneven speeds since Turkey became an official candidate country in 1999. Turkey achieved an impressive series of reforms between 2000 and 2004, and the Turkish public has welcomed the reforms with enthusiasm. The first part of this article presents a summary of the reforms that have led to the start of accession negotiations; and the way the negotiation process has been progressing since 2005. It also presents the underlying factors behind the apparent slowdown, related with EU-Turkey relations, as well as domestic factors. The second part of the article presents an overview of the impact of the EU accession process on Turkish civil society, the role played by civil society organizations on Turkey's accession process and concludes with a discussion of the difficulties faced by civil society organizations caused by the current state of the EU -- Turkey relationship. The concluding part then focuses on the contribution of European civil actors to the positive impact of Turkish civil society organizations on Turkey's EU accession process. Adapted from the source document.

Abstract. A large part of the residential areas in Turkey are at risk from earthquakes. The main factors that threaten residential areas during an earthquake are poor quality building stock and soil problems. Liquefaction, loss of bearing capacity, amplification, slope failure, and landslide hazards must be taken into account for residential areas that are close to fault zones and covered with younger sediments. Analyzing these hazards separately and then combining the analyses would ensure a more realistic risk evaluation according to population density than analyzing several risks based on a single parameter. In this study, an integrated seismic risk analysis of central Eskişehir was performed based on two earthquake related parameters, liquefaction and amplification. The analysis used a simple weighting method. Other earthquake-related problems such as loss of bearing capacity, landslides, and slope failures are not significant for Eskişehir because of the geological and the topographical conditions of the region. According to the integrated seismic risk analysis of the Eskişehir residential area, the populated area is found to be generally at medium to high risk during a potential earthquake.