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)

Nicolo Sartori is Researcher in the Security and Defence Department at the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), Rome.
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)