Türkiye’nin Sorunlu AB Üyeliği Arayışı

Year 2021, Issue: 96 (TBMM’NİN 100. YILI ÖZEL SAYISI), 207 - 227, 20.01.2021

Gökhan Akşemsettinoğlu

https://doi.org/10.12995/bilig.9608

Abstract

Türkiye-Avrupa Birliği (AB) ilişkileri, üzerinde her zaman düşünmeye değerdir. Hiç şüphesiz ki, Türkiye ile AB arasındaki İlişkiler, altmış yıllık bir dönem içinde sık sık bozulmuştur. Son zamanlarda, bazı sorunlar ilişkileri bir kez daha kötüleştirmiştir. Bunun üzerine bazı AB liderleri ve yazarları Türkiye’nin AB’ye üyeliği ile ilgili olarak tam üyelik yerine imtiyazlı ortaklık gibi sakıncalı alternatifler ortaya koymaktadırlar. Türkiye, AB ile son dönemde yaşanan sorunlar nedeniyle tam üyelik yerine imtiyazlı ortaklığa razı olmalı mıdır? Bu makale, Türkiye-AB ilişkilerinin son dönem gelişmelerine kısaca bakmakta ve imtiyazlı ortaklık önerisine karşı çıkmaktadır. Örnek-olay
araştırma yöntemine dayanan bu makalenin bulguları, uygun zamanı bekleyerek tam üyelik hedefine bağlı kalmanın Türkiye için doğru bir davranış olacağını ortaya koymaktadır. Bu anlamda, esnek bütünleşme fikri, Türkiye’nin üyeliği için uygun bir yol olarak görünmektedir.

Keywords

Türkiye-AB İlişkileri, gümrük birliği, imtiyazlı ortaklık, esnek bütünleşme, Avrupalılaşma

Turkey’s Troubled Quest for EU Membership

Abstract

Turkey-European Union (EU) relations are always worth pondering. It is surely without doubt that relations between Turkey and the EU, within a six-decade period, have broken down frequently. Recently, a number of issues have worsened relations once again. A number of EU leaders and authors have thereupon put forward ill-advised alternatives for Turkey’s EU membership, such as privileged partnership instead of full membership. Should Turkey consent to privileged partnership instead of full membership due to recent problems experienced with the EU? This article takes a brief look at the recent developments in Turkey-EU relations and challenges the idea of privileged partnership. Based on the case-study methodology, the findings of this article reveal that adhering to the target of full membership by way of waiting for the appropriate time would be the proper stance for Turkey. In this sense, the idea of flexible integration emerges as a suitable path toward membership for Turkey.

Keywords

Turkey-EU relations, customs union, privileged partnership, flexible integration, Europeanization

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