2019 Seçimleri Sonrasında Avrupa Parlamentosu’ndaki Siyasal Grupların Türkiye’ye Karşı Pozisyonları

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Avrupa Parlamentosu 2019 yılı Mart ayında Türkiye’nin üyelik müzakerelerinin askıya alınmasına dair karar almıştır. Bu karar sonrasında ise tüm Avrupa Birliği ülkelerinde 23-26 Mayıs 2019 tarihlerinde Avrupa Parlamentosu seçimleri gerçekleştirilmiştir. Seçimler sonrasında Parlamentonun en büyük iki merkezi grubu Hristiyan Demokratlar ve Sosyal Demokratlar oy kaybı yaşarken Liberaller ve Yeşiller seçimden güçlenerek çıkmıştır. Aşırı sağcı popülist partiler de seçimle birlikte önemli bir güç kazanmış ve Parlamentoda kendi gruplarını oluşturmuşlardır. 

1999 yılındaki Helsinki Zirvesi ile aday ülke statüsü kazanan Türkiye’nin Avrupa Birliği ile ilişkileri özellikle 15 Temmuz darbe girişimi sonrasında olumsuz bir atmosferde seyretmektedir. Avrupa Parlamentosu’ndaki bazı siyasi gruplar Türkiye’de insan hakları, hukukun üstünlüğü ve demokrasi gibi değerlerin ihlal edildiği ve Doğu Akdeniz’deki sondaj faaliyetlerinin uluslararası hukuka aykırı olduğu iddiaları ile Türkiye’yi eleştirmekte, kimi zamanlarda da üyelik müzakerelerinin sonlandırılmasını talep etmektedir. 

Bu çalışma, 2019 seçimleri sonrasında Parlamentodaki siyasi grupların değişen aritmetiğini ve bu grupların Türkiye ile yaşanan siyasi sorunlara yönelik tutumlarını, söylemlerini ve yazılı açıklamalarını tartışmaktadır. Söz konusu yasama döneminde Parlamentonun siyasal aritmetiğinin değişmesi sebebiyle bu çalışmanın literatürdeki mevcut çalışmalardan ayrılabileceği düşünülmektedir.  Çalışmada Türkiye’nin Avrupa Parlamentosu’ndaki paydaşları ile güçlü bir diyalog geliştiremediği ve kendi tezleri başarılı bir şekilde anlatamadığı sonucuna ulaşılmış, bazı politika önerilerinde bulunulmuştur. 

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Avrupa Birliği
• Avrupa Parlamentosu
• 2019 Seçimleri
• Siyasi Gruplar
• Türkiye

Political Groups’ Positioning Towards Turkey After the Elections in 2019 in The European Parliament

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In March 2019, the European Parliament adopted a resolution for suspension of the accession negotiations of Turkey. Following the decision, European Parliament elections were held on May 23-26, 2019 in the European Union countries. In the post-election period, the two largest central groups in the Parliament, the Christian Democrats and the Social Democrats lost votes, while the Liberals and the Greens became stronger. The far-right, populist parties gained significant power and formed their groups in the Parliament.

Relationship of Turkey which gained candidacy status in Helsinki Summit in 1999, with the European Union has been continuing in a negative atmosphere- particularly after the 15 July coup attempt. Some political groups in the European Parliament criticize Turkey claiming that it violates values like human rights, rule of law, democracy and international law with its drilling operations in the Eastern Mediterranean and they ask for terminating Turkey’s accession negotiations some time in. 

This study discusses the changing arithmetic of political groups in the parliament after 2019 elections and these groups’ attitudes, discourses and written statements as to political problems with Turkey. Due to the change in the political arithmetic of the Parliament in the said legislative period, this study is thought to be distinguished from the existing studies in the literature. The study concludes that Turkey couldn’t develop a strong dialogue with stakeholders in the European Parliament and couldn’t defend its theses successfully. This study also presents certain policy recommendations. 

Anahtar Kelimeler

• European Union
• European Parliament
• 2019 Elections
• Political Groups
• Turkey

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