Why do turkey want to join the eu?

Question

what's in it for them?

Answer 1

Turkey is a developing country, though its standard of living do not match that of the EU nations, but by becoming a member of EU, Turkey's economy  will attain stability. 70% of the Turkish population wants Turkey to join EU.Reforms initiated by the International Monetary Fund and EU membership criteria have already brought positive stability to the Turkish economy, which is recovering from a severe crisis. Economic growth is forecast to be 7.9% for 2004 and inflation has been dramatically reduced.