Changing Policies of Turkey and the EU to the Syrian Conflict

Year 2019, Volume: 33 Issue: 1, 321 - 338, 07.02.2019

Zelal Başak Kızılkan

Abstract

This paper analyses the reaction of the EU and Turkey to the Syrian crisis. Firstly, the paper starts its analyses with the limitations of institutional-legal structure of the EU in developing effective external relations. In this context, it analyses the coherence among the member states in terms of policy priorities and strategies in approaching Syrian conflict by making particular reference to the restrictions aroused from regional setting. Secondly, Turkey’s changing policy priorities and strategies in the course of the Syrian conflict are analysed. Lastly, similarities and differences in the approaches of Turkey and the EU are evaluated.

Keywords

Turkey-EU Relations, Syrian Conflict, Common Foreign and Security Policy

Changing Policies of Turkey and the EU to the Syrian Conflict

Abstract

Suriye iç savaşı çatışma ve istikrasızlığı Türkiye ve AB’nin kapısına kadar
getirdi. Türkiye ve AB yasadışı göç akını, yabancı savaşçılar, radikalizm ve
terör saldırıları gibi güvenlik tehdit ve yüklerini omuzladılar. Bu aktörler Suriye
savaşı sırasında değişen stratejiler geliştirmiş ve politika önceliklerini
yeniden tanımlamışlardır. Bu bağlamda makalenin temel amacı Türkiye ve Avrupa
Birliği’nin Suriye savaşına yönelik değişen politika biçimlerini tartışmaktır.
Bu makale Türkiye ve Avrupa Birliği’nin Suriye krizine tepkilerindeki farklılık
ve  benzerlikleri analiz etmeyi
hedeflemektedir. Makale AB ve Türkiye’nin dış ilişkilerinde kurumsal yapının
sınırlılıkları, üye devletler arasındaki politika öncelikleri ve stratejileri
açısından tutarlılığa referans verilerek yapılacaktır. Böylece Türkiye ve
AB’nin Suriye savaşındaki pozisyonlarındaki benzerlik ve farklılıklar analiz
edilmeye çalışılacaktır.

Keywords

Türkiye-AB ilişkileri, Suriye Krizi, Avrupa Birliği Ortak Dış ve Güvenlik

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