DOES THE US APPROACH DIFFER TOWARDS THE EU and TURKEY’S MEMBERSHIP TO THE EU?

Abstract

The relationship between United States and the European Union, one which consists of two economic, political and military giants, is arguably the most important bilateral relationship in the world. The issues in this relationship involves arguably covers the whole spectrum of the politics, including topics as disparate as energy, social development, international trade, and environmental issues. This relationship also occasionally involves issues related to third parties, from neighbors and political allies, to neutral or unimportant actors who do not have direct influence for either side One of the most important and frequently-discussed of these parties in the relationship is Turkey. Turkey has a unique position between Southeast Europe and the Middle East and Caucasus, in addition to another of other important characteristics including its Muslim majority population, secular constitution and political system, and close institutional ties to the West via its membership in the Council of Europe, NATO, European Court of Human Rights as well as its membership in various other European institutions. This paper aims to scrutinize in detail the changing trends of American foreign policy and the ways in which it has affected and shaped the relationship between Turkey and the European Union.

Keywords

• Turkey-US Relations
• US Foreign Policy
• EU-Turkey Relations

ABD’nin AB’ye ve Türkiye’nin AB’ye Üyelik Sürecine Yaklaşımı Farklılık Gösterir mi?

Öz

İki ekonomik, siyasi ve askeri dev olarak Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ve Avrupa Birliği arasındaki ilişki dünyadaki en önemli ikili ilişki olarak tanımlanabilir ve de dâhil olduğu konular genellikle enerjiden sosyal gelişime, uluslararası ticaretten çevresel konulara politikanın tüm spektrumunu kapsamaktadır. Bu ilişki genellikle komşular, siyasi/askeri müttefikler, tarafsız ülkeler, diğer bölgesel bloklar ve hatta hiçbir tarafa direkt etkisi veya taraflar için önemi olmayan uzak ülkeler gibi üçüncü partileri kapsar. İkili görüşmelerde Güneydoğu Avrupa, Orta Doğu ve Kafkaslar arasındaki emsalsiz konumuyla, Müslüman nüfusuyla, laik anayasası ve siyasi sistemiyle; Avrupa Konseyi, NATO, Avrupa İnsan Hakları Mahkemesi ve diğer pek çok Avrupalı kurum yoluyla Batı’yla kurumsal bağlarıyla en çok bahsi geçen üçüncü partilerden biri Türkiye’dir. Bu makalenin amacı Amerikan dış politikasının Türkiye ve Avrupa Birliği arasındaki ilişkiye bakışı ve bu ilişkiyi nasıl şekillendirdiği çerçevesinde değişen eğilimlerini detaylı bir şekilde incelemektir

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Türkiye-ABD ilişkileri
• Amerikan Dış Politikası
• ABTürkiye İlişkileri

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