Türkiye - AB ilişkileri: Çıkmaz yol ya da ilerleme umudu? Genişleme politikası çerçevesinde bir analiz-kavramlar, araçlar, ihtimaller

Year 2024, Volume: 51 Issue: 2, 149 - 171, 27.12.2024

Sanem Baykal

Abstract

Bu çalışma Avrupa Birliğinin son genişleme dalgasının, söz konusu politikanın oluşturulması ve uygulanmasında temel teşkil eden politika belgeleri çerçevesinde temel yaklaşımları, kavramları ve araçları incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Genişleme politikasının temel unsurları ve AB’yi “entegrasyon kapasitesi” kavramının gerektirdiği reformlar yoluyla genişlemeye hazırlama çabalarının analizi, bir yandan Birliğin derinleşme ve genişlemesinin geleceği ve birbiri içine geçmiş niteliğine dair bazı ön değerlendirmeler yapmaya, öte yandan da Türkiye-AB ilişkilerinin geleceğini bir perspektife oturtmaya yardımcı olabilecektir.

Keywords

Avrupa Birliği, AB’nin genişlemesi, AB’nin entegrasyon kapasitesi, Türkiye-AB ilişkileri

Turkey-EU relations: Road to nowhere or hope for progress? An analysis in light of the enlargement policy-concepts, tools and prospects

Abstract

This study aims at analysing main approaches, concepts and tools of the recent enlargement wave of the European Union on the basis of the policy documents specific to the design and implementation of such policy. Analysis of the main elements of the enlargement policy and the necessary reforms for preparing the EU for enlargement as per the concept of “integration capacity” pave the way for certain initial assessments regarding the future of EU’s deepening and widening and their intertwined nature, as well as putting into perspective the future prospects of Turkey-EU relations

Keywords

European Union, EU enlargement, EU integration capacity, EU-Turkey relations

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