Abstract
Bu makalede Katalonya ve Avrupa Birliği (AB) arasındaki ilişkiler, özellikle 1 Ekim 2017’de yapılan Katalonya bağımsızlık referandumu, tarihi arka planı ve bu süreçte AB’nin izlediği politikalara odaklanılarak incelenmektedir. Referandum öncesinde Barselona’da Haziran 2017’de ilgili uzmanlarla yüz yüze yarı yapılandırılmış derinlemesine mülakatlar yapılmıştır. İlk olarak Katalan milliyetçiliğinin tarihi arka planı ve Katalonya ile İspanya merkezi hükümeti arasındaki ilişkiler değerlendirilmektedir. İkinci olarak, Katalonya ile AB arasındaki ilişkiler ve bunun Katalonya ile merkezi hükümet arasındaki ilişkilere etkisi analiz edilmektedir. Son olarak da Katalonya referandumunun nedenleri ve AB’nin izlediği politika incelenmektedir.
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Abstract
This article analyses the relations between Catalonia and the European Union, while focusing on Catalan independence referendum on October 1, 2017, its historical background and the EU’s policy in this process. Semi-structured, face to face in-depth expert interviews were conducted by the author in Barcelona in June 2017 before the referendum. Firstly the historical background of Catalan nationalism and relations between Catalonia and the central government in Spain are evaluated. Secondly, relations between Catalonia and the EU and how it has influenced Catalonia-central government relations are analysed. Lastly, the reasons of the Catalan referendum and the policy of the EU are evaluated.
References
- Börzel, T. A. (2000) “From Competitive Regionalism to Cooperative Federalism: The Europeanization of the Spanish State of the Autonomies”, Publius, 30 (2): 17-42.
- Calzada, I. (2017) “Metropolitan and Post-national Urbanity Beyond (Pluri) nation (al)-states in the EU: Benchmarking Scotland, Catalonia and the Basque Country”, Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe, 16: (1): 51-78.
- Coates, C. (1998) “Spanish Regionalism and The European Union”, Parliamentary Affairs, 51(2): 259-271.
- Colomer, J. M. (2017) “The Venturous Bid for the Independence of Catalonia”, Nationalities Papers, 45(5): 950-967.
- Conversi, D. (2000) “From Centralist Dictatorship to Federal Democracy: the Case of Spain” in Günay G. Özdoğan and Gül Tokay (eds.), Redefining The Nation-State and Citizen, (İstanbul: Eren Pub.), pp: 151-175.
Details
| Primary Language | English |
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| Journal Section | Research Article |
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| Publication Date | June 30, 2019 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.29228/mjes.23 |
| IZ | https://izlik.org/JA78SJ32XC |
| Published in Issue | Year 2019 Volume: 27 Issue: 1 |