CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2013
| Author | Serfőző, Anita |
|---|---|
| Title | Walking on an Uncertain Path: Turkey between European Integration and Regional Challenges |
| Summary | Eight years after the opening of the accession negotiation, Turkey is still not warmly welcomed in the European Union. However, the recent crises (economic, political and regional) affected both the European Union and Turkey highlighted that the procrastination of the accession procedure is insupportable. Prioritizing the enlargement procedure is not only vital for the Turkey as a candidate country to finally become member of the European integration but also for the European Union to preserve its credibility in the eye of regional and global partners. The thesis focuses on the period between 2000 and 2013 through a twofold analysis; I explore the delaying variables that influenced the European Union, and analyze the modernization process and the foreign policy shift of Turkey to discover the main setbacks of the Turkish enlargement procedure. My project is to provide answers on the question, why the European Union and Turkey turned away from each other after the opening of the accession negotiations. Via a deep analysis based on intergovernmentalist and neo-realist theories of international relations, the thesis offers alternative solutions to revitalize the accession talks by highlighting the main setbacks of the negotiations and the possible advantages of an integrated partnership. |
| Supervisor | Balázs, Péter |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2013/serfozo_anita.pdf |
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