Views On Turkish Accession In The European Parliament: A Comparative Analysis

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Utilizing data from European Parliament Research Group’s ‘Members of European Parliament (MEPs) Survey,’ conducted by David Farrell and his colleagues in 2006 and 2010, this article analyzes to what extent MEPs are supportive of Turkey’s EU accession and how their support shows variances across their national and European party group affiliations. In addition, by comparing MEPs’ opinion on Turkish accession to their opinion on the accession of Croatia, Macedonia and Bosnia, the study seeks to understand whether Turkey is viewed differently by MEPs and to what extent it is perceived as a “category of its own” in the EP. The study finds that although some national and ideological affiliations of MEPs are associated with their attitudes toward Turkey, MEPs don’t display a strong level of cohesion across nationality and ideology in their views of Turkish accession. Moreover, the study demonstrates that most MEPs are against Turkey’s EU membership and Turkey is indeed viewed differently in the EP

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AVRUPA PARLAMENTOSU’NDA TÜRKİYE’NİN AVRUPA BİRLİĞİ KATILIMINA YÖNELİK BAKIŞ AÇILARI: KARŞILAŞTIRMALI BİR İNCELEME

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Bu makale, Avrupa Parlamentosu (AP) Araştırma Grubu’nun, David Farrell ve arkadaşlarının 2006 ve 2010’da uyguladığı ‘Avrupa Parlamentosu Üyeleri Anketi’ni kullanarak, AB parlamenterlerinin Türkiye’nin Avrupa Birliği (AB) üyeliğini ne derece desteklediklerini ve parlamenterlerin Türkiye’ye destek oranlarının milli ve ideolojik bağıntılara göre nasıl farklılıklar arz ettiğini irdelemektedir. Ayrıca, bu çalışma, AB parlamenterlerinin Türkiye’ye sunduğu desteği, Hırvatistan, Makedonya ve Bosna üyeliklerine sunulan destek oranları ile karşılaştırarak, Türkiye’nin ne derece farklı olarak görüldüğünü de incelemektedir. Çalışma, her ne kadar bazı milli ve ideolojik bağıntıların parlamenterlerin Türkiye tutumları ile ilişkili olduğunu gösterse de, Avrupa Parlamentosu vekillerinin milli ve ideolojik açıdan Türkiye tutumlarında güçlü bir tutarlılık sergilemediklerini göstermektedir. Ayrıca, bu makale, parlamenterlerin büyük bir kısmının Türkiye’nin AB üyeliğine karşı olduğunu ve Türkiye’nin gerçekten de farklı bir kategoride değerlendirildiğini de ortaya koymaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Türkiye-Avrupa Birliği ilişkileri, Avrupa Parlamentosu, Avrupa Parti Grupları, Avrupa Parlamentosu üyeleri, Avrupa Birliği genişlemesi

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