Changing Nature of the European Union - Turkey Relations: From Civilizational Project to Transactional Cooperation

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Changing Nature of the European Union - Turkey Relations: From Civilizational Project to Transactional Cooperation

Yazarlar:

Ebru Oğurlu

Yayıncı:

Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University

Ana Başlıklar:

Uluslararası İlişkiler (Diğer)

Dergi:

Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi Vol.26 Issue 1, pp.33-54

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

4/2024

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001315178

pISSN:

2667-405X

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Özet:

 Turkeys ambition to be anchored in the European integration process is one of the oldest and most challenging priorities of its foreign policy. As a symbolic coincidence, the centenary of the Republic of Turkey overlaps with the 60th anniversary of its association relationship with the then European Economic Community EEC during when both sides have experienced frequent fluctuations in their bilateral relations. In that sense, the idea of change has always embedded in Turkey-European Union EU relations corresponding to much broader changes in Turkeys foreign policy. This study is aware of the fact that focusing on one side will provide only a partial explanation of variations in the EU-Turkey relations and aims to present the drivers of change in their mutual relations not only by focusing on the actions and inactions of the successive Turkish governments but also by paying attention to the changes in the EUs and its member states policies towards Turkey. This study adopts literature review and tries to answer how Turkeys EU policy has transformed in the last 60 years by analysing historical turning points in this period and their implications for the ongoing relations. Based on this historical analysis, this study argues that the relationship between the EU and Turkey, which has been becoming increasingly distant from each other, has lost the initial civilisational spirit and turned into a patronage symbolised by ad-hoc transactional agreements.

 Turkeys ambition to be anchored in the European integration process is one of the oldest and most challenging priorities of its foreign policy. As a symbolic coincidence, the centenary of the Republic of Turkey overlaps with the 60th anniversary of its association relationship with the then European Economic Community EEC during when both sides have experienced frequent fluctuations in their bilateral relations. In that sense, the idea of change has always embedded in Turkey-European Union EU relations corresponding to much broader changes in Turkeys foreign policy. This study is aware of the fact that focusing on one side will provide only a partial explanation of variations in the EU-Turkey relations and aims to present the drivers of change in their mutual relations not only by focusing on the actions and inactions of the successive Turkish governments but also by paying attention to the changes in the EUs and its member states policies towards Turkey. This study adopts literature review and tries to answer how Turkeys EU policy has transformed in the last 60 years by analysing historical turning points in this period and their implications for the ongoing relations. Based on this historical analysis, this study argues that the relationship between the EU and Turkey, which has been becoming increasingly distant from each other, has lost the initial civilisational spirit and turned into a patronage symbolised by ad-hoc transactional agreements.

 Turkeys ambition to be anchored in the European integration process is one of the oldest and most challenging priorities of its foreign policy. As a symbolic coincidence, the centenary of the Republic of Turkey overlaps with the 60th anniversary of its association relationship with the then European Economic Community EEC during when both sides have experienced frequent fluctuations in their bilateral relations. In that sense, the idea of change has always embedded in Turkey-European Union EU relations corresponding to much broader changes in Turkeys foreign policy. This study is aware of the fact that focusing on one side will provide only a partial explanation of variations in the EU-Turkey relations and aims to present the drivers of change in their mutual relations not only by focusing on the actions and inactions of the successive Turkish governments but also by paying attention to the changes in the EUs and its member states policies towards Turkey. This study adopts literature review and tries to answer how Turkeys EU policy has transformed in the last 60 years by analysing historical turning points in this period and their implications for the ongoing relations. Based on this historical analysis, this study argues that the relationship between the EU and Turkey, which has been becoming increasingly distant from each other, has lost the initial civilisational spirit and turned into a patronage symbolised by ad-hoc transactional agreements.

 Türkiyenin Avrupa entegrasyon sürecinin ayrılmaz bir parçası olma isteği Türk Dış Politikasının en eski ve en zorlu önceliklerinden biridir. Sembolik bir tesadüf olarak, Türkiye Cumhuriyetinin kuruluşunun yüzüncü yıldönümü ilk olarak 1957de Roma Antlaşması ile kurulan ve daha sonra 1967de Avrupa Topluluğuna ve 1993te Avrupa Birliğine dönüşen Avrupa Ekonomik Topluluğu ile kurulan ortaklık ilişkisinin 60. yıldönümüne denk gelmiştir. Türkiye Cumhuriyetinin kurulduğu günden itibaren geçirdiği yapısal, kurumsal ve siyasal değişimlere istinaden, değişimin bir fikir ve gerçeklik olarak Türkiye-Avrupa Birliği AB ilişkilerinde her zaman için kendini hissettirdiğini söylemek mümkündür. Bu çalışma, Türkiye-AB arasındaki karşılıklı ilişkilerde gözlenen değişimin temel dinamiklerini taraflardan birine odaklanarak açıklamanın kısmi bir açıklama olacağının bilincindedir. Bu gerekçeyle karşılıklı ilişkilerde gözlenen değişimi sadece Türkiye Cumhuriyeti hükümetlerinin eylem ve eylemsizliklerine odaklanarak değil, aynı zamanda ABnin ve üye devletlerinin Türkiyeye yönelik politikalarındaki değişiklikleri de dikkate alarak sunmayı amaçlamaktadır. Literatür taraması yoluyla sonuçlandırılan bu çalışma Türkiyenin AB politikasının son 60 yılda nasıl bir dönüşüm geçirdiğini, bu dönemdeki tarihsel dönüm noktalarını ve bunların süregelen ilişkilere etkilerini analiz ederek cevaplamaya çalışmaktadır. Söz konusu tarihsel analiz, Türkiye-AB arasında ilk günden itibaren Batılılaşma ve modernleşme temaları kapsamında, bir uygarlık projesi olarak gelişen ilişkilerin özellikle 2010ların ikinci yarısından itibaren bu ruhu kaybettiğini ve karşılıklı ilişkilerin geçici olarak, işlemsel temelde gelişen; değer ve ilkelerden yoksun çıkar odaklı işbirliği modeline dönüştüğünü ileri sürmektedir.

Makale detayları

Changing Nature of the European Union - Turkey Relations: From Civilizational Project to Transactional Cooperation

Yazarlar:

Ebru Oğurlu

Yayıncı:

Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University

Ana Başlıklar:

Uluslararası İlişkiler (Diğer)

Dergi:

Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi Vol.26 Issue 1, pp.33-54

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

4/2024

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001315178

pISSN:

2667-405X

Turkey

European Union

Turkish Foreign Policy

Turkey-EU Relations

TransactionalismTürkiye

Avrupa Birliği

Türk Dış Politikası

Türkiye-AB İlişkileri

İşlemselcilik

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Ebru Oğurlu

Yayıncı: Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University

Ana Başlıklar: Uluslararası İlişkiler (Diğer)

Dergi: Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi Vol.26 Issue 1, pp.33-54

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 4/2024

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2001315178

pISSN: 2667-405X

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Ebru Oğurlu

Yayıncı:

Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University

Ana Başlıklar:

Uluslararası İlişkiler (Diğer)

Dergi:

Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi Vol.26 Issue 1, pp.33-54

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

4/2024

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001315178

pISSN:

2667-405X