Europeanization, domestic political change and civil-military relations in Turkey
Author
Karatekelioğlu, Petek
Advisor
Güney, Aylin
Date
2007Publisher
Bilkent University
Language
English
Type
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Abstract
This dissertation explores the impact of the European Union on domestic political
change in the area of civil-military relations in Turkey. The history of modern
Turkey is characterized by the objective of becoming a full member of the European
society of states. For this purpose, Westernization and modernization are the
constituting discourses and practices of the modern Turkish Republic. Yet beginning
in the 1960s and culminating in the 1990s, the deepening of the process of European
economic and political integration has led to serious transformations in the European
state system and society. Recent works studying the nature and scope of this change
conceptualize this process as Europeanization. According to these studies, the
European Union is the main variable triggering domestic transformation in the
member states and candidate countries. The impact of the European Union is also
strongly felt in Turkey, which is a candidate for membership in the phase of preaccession.
This dissertation analyzes domestic political change in the realm of civilmilitary
relations from the perspective of the Europeanization approach. The
framework proposed to study the Turkish case is intended to contribute to the
knowledge of Europeanization and Turkey-European Union relations.