CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2011
| Author | Pocsi, Jozsef Frank |
|---|---|
| Title | An Identity Crisis? The Challenge of Turkey to the European Union |
| Summary | The EU at present follows two basic formulas of identity formation, a civic identity, stressing values and norms on the one hand, and a historical approach or a family of nations on the other. Possible Turkish accession to the Union, globalization and the influx of immigration and integration has aggravated the EU’s concerns, and issues of “identity” have emerged consistently as the major cause of discordance and disharmony. Treating EU identity as the dependent variable, this paper identifies four independent variables that accommodate the aforementioned concerns of EU identity vis-à-vis Turkish accession: (a) Turkey’s economic sector (b) political practices (c) geo-political orientation, and (d) Islamic religion and oriental culture. Thus, this paper argues that “culture” forms the fundamental cause of EU’s perception of Turkish incompatibility and views of Turkey as the ‘other’. The constant expansion of the EU to 27 member states has created tremendous challenges in infusing within the Union a sense of “we-ness”. The possibility of Turkish inclusion, the first Muslim majority state, would further complicate EU identity formation. |
| Supervisor | Akcali, Emel |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2011/pocsi_jozsef.pdf |
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