THE EFFECTS OF THE ACCESSION COUNTRIES ON EUROPEANIZATION: EVIDENCE FROM TURKEY

Year 2015, Issue: 14, 121 - 142, 01.01.2015

Gönül Oğuz

https://doi.org/10.18092/ijeas.21190

Abstract

This article explores the concept of Europeanization as changes in European Union’s (EU) external boundaries within the context of enlargement, with a special focus on Turkey. Europeanization reoccurs as the EU expands its boundaries through accession of the member states. Expanding to culturally and geographically different area, its meaning may further be contested and redefined. This is based on the assumption that accession countries are likely to appeal to a shared collective identity, in order to evoke common standards. Concern here is with the definition is that the creation of new powers for the EU are largely different with conception of European integration. Drawing on various scholars, the concept relates specifically to the EU. The accession of Turkey into the EU offers significant theoretical and empirical insights into the way in which the concept of Europeanization is used to describe the changes in Union’s external borders. What may emerge from Turkey’s experience towards the EU membership is the evolutionary and contested nature of Union's conditionality. The study provides useful conceptual insights into the transformative power of the EU and highlights the important policy legacies affecting the current EU enlargement strategy

Keywords

Europeanization, Enlargement, European Union, Integration, Turkey

ADAY ÜLKELERİN AVRUPALILAŞMA ÜZERİNDE ETKİLERİ: TÜRKİYE’DEN BULGULAR

Abstract

Bu makalede, Türkiye üzerine özel bir odaklanma ile, genişleme bağlamında Avrupa Birliği'nin (AB) dış sınırları değişiklikleri olarak Avrupalılaşma kavramını incelemektedir. Üye ülkelerin katılım yoluyla AB kendi sınırlarını genişledikçe Avrupalılaşma tekrarlanır. Kültürel ve coğrafi olarak farklı bir alana genişlerken, onun anlamı için daha fazla itiraz edilebilir ve yeniden tanımlanabilir. Bu katılım ülkeleri ortak standartlar uyandırmak amacıyla, ortak bir kolektif kimlik hitap olasılığı olduğu varsayımına dayanmaktadır. Bu noktada kaygı, AB’nin içine yeni üye ülkeler dâhil edilmesinin Avrupa’nın bütünleşmesi kavramından büyük ölçüde farklı olması tanımıdır. Çeşitli bilim adamlarından yola çıkarak, kavram özellikle AB ile ilgilidir. Türkiye’nin AB katılımı, Avrupalılaşma kavramının Birliğin dış sınırlarının değişiklikleri tanımlanması kullanımında önemli kuramsal ve ampirik sonuçlar sunmaktadır. AB üyeliği yolunda, Türkiye'nin deneyimlerinden neyin ortaya çıkarılabildiği Birliğin koşulluluğunun evrimsel ve tartışmalı doğasıdır. Çalışma, AB’nin kendini yenileyen gücüne ilişkin yararlı kavramsal çözümlemeler sağlamakta ve mevcut AB genişleme stratejilerini etkileyen önemli politikaları ortaya koymaktadır. 

Keywords

Avrupalılaşma, Genişleme, Avrupa Birliği, Entegrasyon, Türkiye

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