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The role of temporality and interaction in the Turkey-EU relationship

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 July 2015

Atila Eralp
Atila Eralp*
Affiliation:
Director and Jean Monnet Professor on Politics of European Integration, Center for European Studies, Middle East Technical University, eralp@ces.metu.edu.tr
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Abstract

This paper introduces the two factors of temporality and interaction, which are not well-researched within the Turkey-EU relationship. I suggest that these two factors are important for understanding the process of Europeanization in Turkey and explaining the ups and downs in the long-lasting relationship. After briefly examining the two historical periods of the Turkey-EU relationship — that is, from 1959 to 1970 and from 1970 to 1999 — the paper mainly focuses on the more recent period following the Helsinki Summit of 1999 and shows how the factors of temporality and interaction operated differently between 1999 and 2004, and after 2004, turning from positive to negative. Having presented the historical evidence, the paper concludes by emphasizing the close interaction between the factors of temporality, interaction and the process of Europeanization in the Turkish context and suggesting that the analysis of these two factors opens up new possibilities for comparative research on other accession and candidate countries.

Keywords

TemporalitytimeinteractionEuropeanizationEuropean IntegrationTurkey-EU relationship
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New Perspectives on Turkey , Volume 40: Special Issue on Turkish Foreign Policy , Spring 2009 , pp. 147 - 168
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Copyright © New Perspectives on Turkey 2006

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