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The De-Europeanization of Foreign Policy: The Case of Turkey’s Relations With Greece
Abstract
Drawing on the external incentives model (EIM), this paper maintains that unlike the favourable conditions for Europeanization between 1999 and 2005, the higher adoption costs, diminished credibility of the EU’s promise and threat, reduced size and speed of accession and problems concerning the determinacy of conditions created a setting that was conducive to the de-Europeanization of Turkish foreign policy after 2006. It then argues that in this de-Europeanized environment, the July 2016 coup attempt in Turkey acted as a catalyst in the shift of Turkish policy regarding Greece, leading to deterioration in the relations. Drawing on documentary analysis supplemented by semi-structured interviews with experts and taking the July 16 coup as a milestone, this paper contributes to the literature on the de-Europeanization of Turkish foreign policy and how that affected Turkey’s relations with Greece.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
International Relations (Other)
Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
July 16, 2025
Submission Date
March 11, 2024
Acceptance Date
October 26, 2024
Published in Issue
Year 2025 Volume: 14 Number: 1
APA
Bardakcı, M., Yıldırım Mat, T., & Ege, A. (2025). The De-Europeanization of Foreign Policy: The Case of Turkey’s Relations With Greece. Balkan Araştırma Enstitüsü Dergisi, 14(1), 1-35. https://doi.org/10.30903/baed.1721649
AMA
1.Bardakcı M, Yıldırım Mat T, Ege A. The De-Europeanization of Foreign Policy: The Case of Turkey’s Relations With Greece. Balkan Araştırma Enstitüsü Dergisi. 2025;14(1):1-35. doi:10.30903/baed.1721649
Chicago
Bardakcı, Mehmet, Tülay Yıldırım Mat, and Aslı Ege. 2025. “The De-Europeanization of Foreign Policy: The Case of Turkey’s Relations With Greece”. Balkan Araştırma Enstitüsü Dergisi 14 (1): 1-35. https://doi.org/10.30903/baed.1721649.
EndNote
Bardakcı M, Yıldırım Mat T, Ege A (July 1, 2025) The De-Europeanization of Foreign Policy: The Case of Turkey’s Relations With Greece. Balkan Araştırma Enstitüsü Dergisi 14 1 1–35.
IEEE
[1]M. Bardakcı, T. Yıldırım Mat, and A. Ege, “The De-Europeanization of Foreign Policy: The Case of Turkey’s Relations With Greece”, Balkan Araştırma Enstitüsü Dergisi, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 1–35, July 2025, doi: 10.30903/baed.1721649.
ISNAD
Bardakcı, Mehmet - Yıldırım Mat, Tülay - Ege, Aslı. “The De-Europeanization of Foreign Policy: The Case of Turkey’s Relations With Greece”. Balkan Araştırma Enstitüsü Dergisi 14/1 (July 1, 2025): 1-35. https://doi.org/10.30903/baed.1721649.
JAMA
1.Bardakcı M, Yıldırım Mat T, Ege A. The De-Europeanization of Foreign Policy: The Case of Turkey’s Relations With Greece. Balkan Araştırma Enstitüsü Dergisi. 2025;14:1–35.
MLA
Bardakcı, Mehmet, et al. “The De-Europeanization of Foreign Policy: The Case of Turkey’s Relations With Greece”. Balkan Araştırma Enstitüsü Dergisi, vol. 14, no. 1, July 2025, pp. 1-35, doi:10.30903/baed.1721649.
Vancouver
1.Mehmet Bardakcı, Tülay Yıldırım Mat, Aslı Ege. The De-Europeanization of Foreign Policy: The Case of Turkey’s Relations With Greece. Balkan Araştırma Enstitüsü Dergisi. 2025 Jul. 1;14(1):1-35. doi:10.30903/baed.1721649
