Europeanization through EU conditionality: understanding the new era in Turkish foreign policy

Aydın, Mustafa; Açıkmeşe, Sinem Akgül

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“…Emerson and Tocci 2004;Davutoglu 2009). In this context, Aydin and Acikmese (2007) elaborates in particular on the 'wide ranging political reforms' and the subsequent 'EU conditionality' with a view to explaining and 'understanding the new era in Turkish foreign policy'. Moreover, Ankara's economic interests, notably with respect to its eastern neighbours, including its energy strategy and the Caspian oil pipeline issue, have been analysed by many scholars as well as 98 Demetrios A. Theophylactou practitioners who presumably apply the rational choice theory in their analysis (see, Tayfur and Göymen 2002, amongst others).…”

Section: Internal Transformations and External State Behaviourmentioning

confidence: 99%

Geopolitics, Turkey’s EU accession course and Cyprus: power balances and ‘Soft Power’ calculations

Theophylactou

2012

Southeast European and Black Sea Studies

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Turkey seems to have injected sufficient 'soft power' calculations in its foreign policy, presumably aiming at attraction and persuasion rather than coercion. Yet military power combined with a sustained economic growth are arguably the main drivers of its newly assertive foreign policy. This analysis explores Turkey's regional ambitions, including its potential leverage on conflict resolution, notably in Cyprus, that may conceivably assume significant geopolitical implications on power balances in the region. It is posited that to be successful, Ankara's new posture necessitates a priori the resolution of several bilateral disputes, ranging from Armenia to the Aegean and troop withdrawal from Cyprus. These steps could be taken irrespective of Ankara's European Union accession process, assuming that the new policy is designed to project a credible image of a rising regional power.

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Section: Internal Transformations and External State Behaviourmentioning

confidence: 99%

Geopolitics, Turkey’s EU accession course and Cyprus: power balances and ‘Soft Power’ calculations

Theophylactou

2012

Southeast European and Black Sea Studies

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“…By abiding by the EU conditionality, the Kemalist elite, notably the army and the judicial authority, no longer had the monopoly over the formulation of the elected governments’ policies and could not arbitrarily intervene to terminate their mandate in the name of the state secular principles (Çarkoğlu, ) . The accession process ensured not only the party survival as a conservative political party with an Islamic background, but also the implementation of an active and visible foreign policy toward Arab and Muslim states with the aim of solving problems with neighbors (Aydın & Acikmese, ; Sözen, ; Terzi, ).…”

Section: Elitist Duality and The Turkish Foreign Policymentioning

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Reconsidering Elitist Duality: Persistent Tension in the Turkish–Egyptian Relations

Magued

2016

Digest Mid East Studies

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Since the Muslim Brotherhood's ouster in July 3, 2013, tension has escalated between Turkey and Egypt and gained media attention as an unprecedented incident in bilateral relations. However, disagreement has characterized bilateral relations since the declaration of the Egyptian Republic and the launch of diplomatic relations with Turkey in the 1950s. By tracking the history of both countries' bilateral relations, this study contends that, according to the elitist duality thesis, Turkish-Egyptian relations were an exception to the Turkish-Arab relations, as they were not influenced by the ruling elite. It argues that regardless of the ruling elite identity, tension has disrupted the normal course of relations. By relying on extensive interviews conducted with members of the Justice and Development Party, and academicians and staff members in the Turkish ministries of economy and foreign affairs, the study analyzes the unaddressed tension in the Turkish-Egyptian relations since the 1950s until 2013 and provides policy recommendations to improve bilateral relations.

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“…No caso da Turquia, a modificação dos discursos e práticas de segurança do país seria resultado de um processo de europeização da polí-tica externa turca desde que recebeu status de candidato em 1999 (AYDIN; ACIKMESE, 2007;OZCAN, 2008;ALTUNISIK, 2009), de processos mais gerais de dessecuritização (BILGIN, 2005;ARAS;POLAT, 2008;POLAT, 2010) ou da ascensão ao poder do partido Justiça e Desenvolvimento em 2002, com concepções identitárias e de segurança distintas (MURISON, 2006;DAVUTOGLU, 2010;KALIN, 2011). No entanto, o "abrandamento" das políticas interna e externa turcas e os laços que o país vinha construindo como parte da política de "zero problema com vizinhos" foram sendo progressivamente desgastados após a Primavera Árabe e em particular após a guerra civil na Síria.…”

Section: Fazendo Ou Desfazendo a União Europeia: A Turquia Como Respounclassified

Fazendo ou Desfazendo a União Europeia enquanto Potência Global: Uma Análise sobre Potenciais Impactos da Turquia na Política Externa e de Segurança Comum do Bloco

Sandrin

2015

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Este artigo tem como objetivo desafiar a lógica binária que permeia a discussão sobre o impacto da adesão da Turquia na Política Externa e de Segurança Comum (PESC) da União Europeia (UE). Será defendido que qualquer análise sobre o impacto da adesão turca no papel da UE enquanto ator internacional precisa levar em consideração as divisões existentes dentro da Europa e dentro da Turquia no que diz respeito a discursos e práticas de segurança.

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Europeanization through EU conditionality: understanding the new era in Turkish foreign policy

Cited by 70 publications

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Geopolitics, Turkey’s EU accession course and Cyprus: power balances and ‘Soft Power’ calculations

Geopolitics, Turkey’s EU accession course and Cyprus: power balances and ‘Soft Power’ calculations

Reconsidering Elitist Duality: Persistent Tension in the Turkish–Egyptian Relations

Fazendo ou Desfazendo a União Europeia enquanto Potência Global: Uma Análise sobre Potenciais Impactos da Turquia na Política Externa e de Segurança Comum do Bloco

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