EUROPEAN UNION GLOBAL STRATEGY AND TURKEY: AN ANALYSIS OF THE TERM 2016-2021

Year 2023, , 357 - 368, 31.01.2023

Zühal Ünalp Çepel

https://doi.org/10.30626/tesamakademi.1075694

Abstract

The European Union (EU) has set a goal to be a global power in 2003 with the announcement of European Security Strategy. Nevertheless, this goal was stressed more decisively and obviously within the 2016 EU Global Strategy. The comparison between these strategies illustrates the change in rhetoric and foreign policy of the EU. With the 2016 Strategy, the EU has initiated to shape its own geopolitics, this time free from the US leadership, considering the migration crisis and especially the recently security threats over Europe.

This paper aims to concentrate on the status of Turkey in EU foreign policy and elaborate the reasons for the rise of EU’s focus on Turkey in its foreign policy in the term between 2016 and 2021. The paper argues that the emphasis made on the role of Turkey has been limited by the EU to several areas such as migration, counterterrorism and energy. Therefore, it is argued that the EU’s approach damages the cooperative understanding between the parties especially within the scope of the candidacy process.

Keywords

European Security Strategy, EU Global Strategy, EU Foreign Policy, Turkey.

Supporting Institution

The earlier version of this paper was presented in Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Network POWERS (Online) Workshop on “ The Contribution of EU’s CSDP Missions and Operations to the Promotion of Human Rights in its Wider Neighborhood” at University of Seville, Spain, on 18 June 2021.

Project Number

Ref. no. 599962-EPP-1-2018-1-RU-EPPJMO-NETWORK

AVRUPA BİRLİĞİ KÜRESEL STRATEJİSİ VE TÜRKİYE: 2016-2021 DÖNEMİNE YÖNELİK BİR İNCELEME

Abstract

Avrupa Birliği (AB), Avrupa Güvenlik Stratejisi’ni kamuoyuna duyurduğu 2003 yılında küresel bir güç olma hedefini ortaya koymuştur. Ancak bu hedef, 2016 AB Küresel Stratejsi’nde daha kararlı ve daha açık bir şekilde vurgulanmıştır. 2016 Stratejisi ile birlikte AB, göç krizini ve özellikle son dönemdeki diğer güvenlik tehditlerini göz önünde bulundururarak kendi jeopolitiğini bu defa ABD liderliğinden bağımsız olarak şekillendirmeye gayret etmektedir.

Bu çalışma, AB dış politikasında Türkiye’nin konumuna odaklanmayı ve AB’nin 2016-2019 döneminde dış politikasında Türkiye’ye daha fazla yer vermesinin nedenlerini değerlendirmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Çalışmada Türkiye’nin rolünün AB tarafından göç, terörle mücadele ve enerji gibi alanlarla sınırlandırıldığı ifade edilmektedir. Sonuç olarak, AB’nin yaklaşımının taraflar arasındaki işbirliği anlayışına özellikle adaylık süreci bakımından zarar verdiği tartışılmaktadır.

Keywords

Avrupa Güvenlik Stratejisi, AB Küresel Stratejisi, AB Dış Politikası, Türkiye.

Project Number

Ref. no. 599962-EPP-1-2018-1-RU-EPPJMO-NETWORK

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