Türkiye-European Union Relations In The Framework Of Common Foreign and Security Policy: Identity and Security

Year 2024, Volume: 4 Issue: 2, 1 - 11, 31.10.2024

Aykut Karakuş , Halis Ayhan

Abstract

After the Cold War, Türkiye was called a security-consuming actor due to its closeness to conflict zones, terror trouble and its with neighbors territory issues. Both these reasons and the identity-based security approaches of European Union (EU) member states have: it also created reasons for Türkiye’s exception from Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and EU. Subsequently, Russia’s intervention to Georgia, Arab Spring, migration and humanistic crises, the annexation of Crimea, Brexit, the COVID-19 pandemic and the occupation of Ukraine have threatened the global and regional security. Against these threats, Türkiye has contributed to security by taking on a mediator role in the Russian and Ukrainian crises, initiating initiatives to ensure food and energy security, taking the lead in the migration and refugee crisis, and participating in UN, NATO and EU operations. However, these contributions were overshadowed by the opposition of Greece and the Rum Cypriot Administration of Southern Cyprus to Türkiye within the Union. Although Türkiye was an actor producing security after 2010, it was criticized in the 2022 Strategic Compass Document. In this manner, both evolving security approaches and current developments; Its requires examining and reanalyzing the relations Türkiye-EU, focusing on security.

Keywords

Energy Security, Security Approaches, CFSP, The Strategic Compass, Turkish Foreign Policy.

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