Tiirkiye'ninAB iiyeligine adayllgzmn giindeme geldigi bu donemde , konunun dini ozgiirliikler boyutu ele alznmasz gereken bir alandzr. AB biiyiik fOgunlugu Hzristiyan olan demokratik ve fOgulcu toplumlardan meydana gelmektedir. Din ozgiirliigiiniin de bir parfaSznl olU§tUrdugu insan haklan konusu AB'nin dogrudan yetki alanzna girmemektedir. Ancak dolaylz olarak AB hukukunun uygulanmasznda ve ozellikle Avrupa Topluluklan Ada let Divanz ( ATAD) kararlannda dini ozgurliiklere deginildigi goriilmektedir. Ba§ta Avrupa insan Haklan Sozle§mesi (AiRS) ilkeleri olmak uzere insan haklan AB hukukunun genel hukuk ilkeleri olarak kabul edilmektedir. AiHS'nin 9 No .lu Maddesi ve AiHS'ne ek 1 No.lu Protokoliin 2 No.lu Maddesi Avrupa'da din ozgiirliigiinii diizenleyen uluslararasz hiikiimlerdir. Avrupa insan Haklan Mahkemesi (AiHM)nin kararlan ile din ozgiirliigii ile ilgili hukumler aynntzlz bir §ekilde yorumlanml§ ve sznzrlan fizilmi§tir. AB iiyeligine aday olan Tiirkiye'de iiyeligin din ozgiirliigii apszndan incelenmesi sonucunda fOk boyutlu miilahazalar ortaya pkmaktadzr: Tiirkiye 'ye farklz dinden birfok ki§inin yerle§mesi ve bundan dogacak yeni ibadet yerleri ihtiyacr, dini orgiitlenmede fOgulculuk, irtica ve fundamentalizmden kaynaklanan islamzn imajz sorunu, hayvan kesimi konusu, AB iilkelerinde falz§an Tiirklerin dini haklan gibi. Tiirkiye'nin AB iiyeligi din ozgiirliigii alanznda da yeni konulan giindeme getirecek ve din ozgiirliigii ve hizmetlerinin bu yeni olu§um ifinde yeni bir iislup ve bifimle sunulmasr kapmlmaz olacaktzr.  

The declaration of Turkey's candidacy for EU membership started a new phase in which the repercussions on the issue of religious freedoms acquired increasing significance. The EU is composed of democratic and pluralistic societies most of which adhere to Christian faith. The issue of human rights and within its scope the issue of religious freedoms does not directly come under EU prerogatives. The issue is dealt with indirectly through the implementation of EC law and in the rulings of the European Court of Justice. The principles of human rights as delineated in the European Human Rights Convention form part of the general principles of law under EU law. Article 9 of the European Convention of Human Rights and Article 2 of Protocol No. 1 annexed to the European Convention constitute the main provisions that regulate religious freedoms in Europe. The rulings of the European Court of Human Rights also interpreted and limited the scope of such rights. The analysis of the repercussions of EU membership on the issue of religious freedoms regarding Turkey leads to multi-dimensional considerations such as the incidence of increasing numbers of residents of various faiths , need for decentralization of and plurality in religious institut-ions, the problem of the negative image of Islam in Europe due to fundamentalist movements , the issue of animal slaughter, and religious rights of Turks residing in EU countries. Turkey's EU membership is bound to bring to the fore new questions in relation to religious freedoms . It will prove to be inevitable to present and interpret the issue of religious freedoms and the provision of religious services in a new perspective and through a different rhetoric.