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A history of Turkey-The European Community: the road to customs union
(1995) Zengin, Murat
The international politics increases the importance of European Community membership for Turkey. The modernization process that was started with the foundation of the Turkish Republic can reach its target through full membership. The willingness of all the Turkish governments has showed that the way of Turkey is on the West. Turkey tries to increase its strength in world politics through EC membership. The possibility of Turkey’s full membership to EC is examined on the basis of whether Turkey shares the European ideals or not. The effects of the changes in the EC politics to Turkey’s application will also be examined. The EC was founded on the security base after the World War Two. EC changed its dynamics and democracy became the most important concept for the Community. EC demands improvements in Turkish democracy for both the customs union and the full membership. The political parties attitudes for the EC is also important in the full membership process. The lack of a consistent policy for the European Community seems to be the main obstacle for Turkey’s foil membership. A B S T R A C T As a conclusion, Turkey has some disadvantages and advantages for the foil membership. The weakness of the Turkish economy, the Cyprus issue and the high population growth rates seem to be the main obstacles. On the other hand, Turkey’s geo-political situation and its impact on Caucasus region with the will of Turkish governments are the advantages. The European Community and Turkey can overcome these problems and Turkey can be a foil member if there is political will to achieve the membership
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Turkey-EU relations and the Cyprus question
(1999) Bilgiç, Bestami Sadi
This study aims to analyse the connection between the two very important foreign policy issues of Turkey, namely the Turkey-European Union Relations and the Cyprus Question. Turkey’s relations with the European Union is of utmost importance for Turkey. Since the establishment of Modem Turkey, it has sought ways to integrate itself with Europe, and its main institution the European Union. There is no doubt that integration with the EU will contribute much to Turkey’s development in many fields, like trade, democratic institutionalisation and human rights. While on the other hand Turkey’s position in the Cypms dispute is again of vital importance. The Turkish community living in the North is perceived as an extension of the motherland. Secondly, the island of Cypms has a strategic significance for Turkey. In Turkey, it is believed that if Cypms is lost, then Turkey would have no access to the Mediterranean. Moreover, after the 1990s, we see another actor in the Cypms question: the EU, with which Turkey aspires to be integrated. At this point, the writer aims at analysing the policy preferences of Turkish decision-makers as regards the Turkey-EU Relations and the Cypms question. One of the major aims of this study is to show that Turkey’s relations with the EU and its involvement in the Cypms question are two separate issues. Improvement in the Turkey-EU Relations and positive results in the Cypms question might be yielded if Txxrkey deals with these two issues separately.