EU member states must realise that getting Turkey to adopt EU regulations is in their strategic interest too.
![Recent gas discoveries in the Eastern Mediterranean may be sourced to supply the Turkish market and transported to Europe [Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/201421710215603734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

David Koranyi is Deputy Director of the Atlantic Council Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center, Washington.
EU member states must realise that getting Turkey to adopt EU regulations is in their strategic interest too.
![Recent gas discoveries in the Eastern Mediterranean may be sourced to supply the Turkish market and transported to Europe [Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/201421710215603734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)