Turkey's 'Self' and 'Other' Definitions in the Course of the EU Accession Process
Published on 1. October 2025
236 pages
978-1-040-78751-9 (ISBN)
Description
While Turkey in recent years has experienced an exhaustive accession process to join the EU -a long desired aim-, at the same time it has been increasing its involvement across the Middle East, leading to a debate over whether it is altering its focus from West to East. This book reveals that a shift in focus can be seen through analysis of the Turkish political elites' definitions of self and other that were established as part of the EU accession process. Melek Saral uses these definitions to help us better understand the shift that Turkey is currently undergoing.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
File size
2,04 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-040-78751-9 (9781040787519)
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Person
Melek Saral is a research fellow at SOAS, University of London.
Content
4 Socialization or Estrangement within the framework of Turkey-EU Relations 1.1 International Institutions and Identity Change 1.2 Understanding Turkey's Socialization 1.3 Discourse and Discourse Analysis 1.4 Case Selection: Three different time periods in Turkey-EU Relations 1.5 Data Selection 1.6 Outline of the Book 2 Concept of Socialization and Identity Change 2.1 Concept of Socialization 2.2 Socialization Process and Social Identity 2.3 Social Identity and National Identity 2.4 Content of National Identity 2.5 Turkey's National Identity 3 New Phase in Turkey-EU Relations: Opening the Door to Europeanness 3.1 EU's reluctant Interactions with Turkey 3.2 The Customs Union: The Opening or Closing of the Door to Europe? 3.3 Luxembourg Summit, a Great Shock for Turkey 3.4 Silent years till Helsinki 3.5 Conclusion 4 Helsinki Summit, Recognition of (Muslim) Turkey's Europeanness 87 4.1 Helsinki Summit: A Breath of Fresh Air for Turkey EU Relations, Cyprus and Kurdish Issue 4.2 Elections, New Turkey, New EU Approach 4.3 Athmosphere Before the Copenhagen Summit 4.4 Copenhagen Summit 2002, New Hope for Turkey 4.5 Debates on Identity and Europeanness of Turkey 4.6 Conclusion 5 Start of Negotiations End, of Negotiations 5.1 Interactions with the EU and the Identity Issue 5.2 Slowdown of Turkey-EU Relations 5.3 EU, Threat to Turkey's Territorial Integrity 5.4 Is Turkey finding a new Direction? 5.5 Conclusion 6 New Area, New Identity, New Roles: Turkey, European or Middle Eastern? 7 Results and Implications 7.1 Turkey EU Relations and Turkey's Socialization 7.2 Overview of the Case Studies 8 Bibliography 8.1 Books and Articles 8.2 Reports, Documents and Websites 8.3 Newspaper Articles.
