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Item Open Access The internationalization of the human rights issue in Europe: Turkey and EU relations(Bilkent University, 1998) Kalıber, AlperAfter the Second World War, particularly in Western Europe, a new understanding has emerged which has considered the human rights issue as the subject of international law and politics rather than international affairs of the countries. Based on this understanding many legally binding and non-binding international conventions were put into force and various international and supranational organizations were authorized to observe whether the parties fulfilled their responsibilities and duties. Meanwhile, some European institutions such as the European Union started to define the protection of human rights as a perquisite of full membership. For this reason, the human rights issue turned into a source of tension and conflict between the European institutions and the countries like Turkey where the idea of internationalization of human rights was not fully accepted deep integration and cooperation with the West was desired. In this thesis, first the international conventions and treaties for the sake of the internationalization of human rights and the organizations established for the observance of the implementation of those will be described; additionally the human rights policy and efforts of the European Union will be elaborated on with various dimensions. Together with this, the developments in Turkish-EU relations from 1987 onwards (when Turkey has applied for the full membership) will be investigated in terms of human rights and democratization and the criticisms and warnings coming from the West towards the human rights records of Turkey, will be examined from the point of the significance in the process of solving democratization and human rights problems of Turkey.