The Europeanization of Turkey. Polity and politics

Given the recent inertia in EU-Turkey relations in the midst of regional economic and political upheavals, Europeanization of Turkey takes a step back from the latest headlines to provide a comprehensive stocktaking of EU-inspired reform efforts in Turkey with an eye to understanding how effective or ineffective EU conditionality has been in making Turkey's key political institutions, actors and culture more compatible with European norms.

In addition to contributing to the theoretical literature on the differential effects of Europeanization on the domestic realm, this volume also expands the existing scope of research to include questions of how socialization through the accession process operates under high levels of uncertainty about the attainability of European Union membership. Applying a uniform analytical framework and the methodology of process tracing, the authors in this volume assess the nature and degree of change that has occurred in various dimensions of Turkish domestic polity and politics in the context of Turkey's post-1999 EU accession.

Engaging with important practical issues such as whether potential membership in the EU has brought about positive change, in which areas this change is manifest, and how significant this change has been, this book is an essential resource for students, scholars and researchers seeking to understand contemporary relations between the EU and Turkey.

Contents:

PART I: Introduction
1. Introduction: a framework of analysis for the Europeanization of Turkey – Ali Tekin
2. Perceptions and Europeanization in Turkey before the EU candidacy: an overview of history – Atila Eralp & Zerrin Torun

PART II: The State of Europeanization: Polity
3. Europeanization and Turkey's constitutional reform process – Ergun Özbudun
4. The organization of Turkey's central executive for the EU – Defne Günay
5. The Europeanization of the Turkish parliament – Başak Yavçan & William T. Daniel
6. The Europeanization of the Turkish judiciary – Sanem Baykal
7. Europeanization of civil-military relations in Turkey – Aylin Güney

PART III: The State of Europeanization: Politics
8. Taking stock of the Europeanization of civil society in Turkey: the case of NGOs – Bahar Rumelili & Büke Boşnak
9. Europeanization and political parties in Turkey – Filiz Başkan Canyaş & Selin Bengi Gümrükçü
10. Turkish Islam's EU quest: ambitions and challenges – Dilek Yankaya
11. Turkey's Europeanization process and the Kurdish issue – Burcu Özdemir & Zeki Sarıgil
12. Political culture - Burak Erdenir

PART IV: Turkish Europeanization in a Comparative Perspective
13. Same same or different? Accession Europeanization in Central and Eastern Europe and Turkey compared – Tanja A. Börzel, Diğdem Soyaltın & Gözde Yılmaz
14. Different paths to democracy? Accession Europeanization in Croatia and Turkey – Senem Aydın-Düzgit & Gergana Noutcheva

PART V: Conclusion
15. Conclusion – Aylin Güney