TY - JOUR T1 - ASIAN DIMENSION OF TURKEY'S CHARACTER: AN OBSTACLE OR A CATALYST FOR EUROPEAN UNION MEMBERSHIP TT - ASIAN DIMENSION OF TURKEY'S CHARACTER: AN OBSTACLE OR A CATALYST FOR EUROPEAN UNION MEMBERSHIP AU - Erhan, Çağrı PY - 2003 DA - January DO - 10.1501/Avraras_0000000071 JF - Ankara Avrupa Çalışmaları Dergisi JO - ARES PB - Ankara Üniversitesi WT - DergiPark SN - 1303-2518 SP - 123 EP - 149 VL - 2 IS - 4 LA - en AB - Valery Giscard d'Estaing, President of the 'European Convention', an important assembly to shape European Union's (EU) future legal and administrative architecture, announced Le Monde on 8 November 2002 that "Turkey can not be admitted as a member to the EU, simply because it is Asian".1 With these words Giscard d'Estaing not only expressed his objection, as an outstanding figure in the EU, to Turkey's integration with Europe, but he also opened the Pandora's Box. Following him, a growing debate over Turkey's place in Europe and its identity has been intensified. Those who defend the idea that EU should continue its close relations with Turkey but should not let it in, mostly depend on the `cultural difference' assumption. KW - european KW - turkey KW - asıan N2 - Valery Giscard d'Estaing, President of the 'European Convention', an important assembly to shape European Union's (EU) future legal and administrative architecture, announced Le Monde on 8 November 2002 that "Turkey can not be admitted as a member to the EU, simply because it is Asian".1 With these words Giscard d'Estaing not only expressed his objection, as an outstanding figure in the EU, to Turkey's integration with Europe, but he also opened the Pandora's Box. Following him, a growing debate over Turkey's place in Europe and its identity has been intensified. Those who defend the idea that EU should continue its close relations with Turkey but should not let it in, mostly depend on the `cultural difference' assumption. CR - Ankara Üniversitesi Ankara Avrupa Çalışmaları Dergisi UR - https://doi.org/10.1501/Avraras_0000000071 L1 - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/1342263 ER -