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Master's Program of European Union with Thesis

PSIR504

TURKEY - EUROPEAN UNION RELATIONS I

Course Code
PSIR504
Semester
First Term (Fall)
Theory+Practice
3 + 0
ECTS
10
Course TypeCompulsory Course
Course LevelMaster's Degree With Thesis
Year of Study1
SemesterFirst Term (Fall)
ECTS10
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Learn the historical, political, cultural, economic, social and humanitarian dimensions of Turkey - European Union relations.
  2. Have knowledge about the turning points in Turkey-European Economic Community/European Community relations.
  3. Gain the ability to relate current problems in Turkey-EU relations with the historical process and to analyze them in a solution-oriented manner
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme ComponentsNone
Course DescriptionThis course provides a historical overview of the more than half a century-long process between Turkey and the European Union (EU), focusing on the turning points in the relations. Starting with an examination of Turkey's relations with Europe within the framework of culture and identity, the developments from the Association Agreement of 1963 to the application for full membership in 1987, the EU's enlargement agenda, the Customs Union relationship between Turkey and the EU, the reform steps in domestic and foreign policy from the Helsinki Summit, when Turkey was accepted as a candidate country, to October 3, 2005, when accession negotiations started, will be examined in detail. The stagnant accession negotiations between Turkey and the EU, alternative membership models, areas of disagreement between the parties and Turkey's EU agenda will be evaluated in general. In this framework, scenarios for the future of the volatile relations that have been going on for years will also be discussed in the course.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week General Introduction of the Course and Assignment of Tasks. This week, a general introduction about the course will be made and the distribution of tasks related to the obligations that students are expected to fulfill within the scope of the course will be made.
2nd Week Historical Process of Turkey-Europe Relations
3rd Week Research Paper - Preliminary Preparation & Review of Databases. students are expected to start preliminary preparations and review databases to identify their research topic.
4th Week Historical and Legal Framework of Turkey-EU Integration
5th Week European Union Enlargement and Turkey
6th Week Turkey-European Union Customs Union Relations and Economic Integration
7th Week Turkey-EU Relations before the Helsinki Summit
8th Week Overview of Relations after the Helsinki Summit
9th Week Turkey-EU Negotiation Process. Research Paper Proposal Presentations
10th Week Alternative Membership Models
11th Week Areas of Conflict in Bilateral Relations
12th Week The Future of Turkey-EU Relations
13th Week Student Presentations. Students will present the proposals of the research articles they will prepare within the scope of the course in this course.
14th Week Student Presentations. Students will present the proposals of the research articles they will prepare within the scope of the course in this course.
Recommended or Required ReadingHalil İnalcık, Turkey and Europe: A Historical Perspective, Perceptions, 2, 1 (1997): 76-92.
Selim Deringil, The Turks and `Europe: The Argument from History, Middle Eastern Studies, 43, 5 (2007): 709-723.
Paul Kubicek, Turkish-European Relations: At a New Crossroads, Middle East Policy, 6 4 (1999): 157-173.
Atilla Eralp, Türkiye-Avrupa Bütünleşmesi: Tarihsel-Düşünsel Ortam ve Değişim, içinde Türkiye Avrupa Birliği İlişkileri, (der.) Belgin Akçay ve Sinem Akgül Açıkmeşe (Ankara: Seçkin Yayıncılık, 2017), 70-84.
Ercüment Tezcan, Türkiye-Avrupa Birliği İlişkilerinin Hukuki Çerçevesi: Kurumsal Boyut, içinde Türkiye Avrupa Birliği İlişkileri, (der.) Belgin Akçay ve Sinem Akgül Açıkmeşe (Ankara: Seçkin Yayıncılık, 2017), 86-117.
Thomas Diez, Expanding Europe: The Ethics of EU-Turkey Relations, Ethics & International Affairs, 21, 4 (2007): 415-422.
Barbara Lippert, Turkey as a Special and (Almost) Dead Case of EU Enlargement Policy, içinde EU-Turkey Relations, (der.) Wulf Reiners ve Ebru Turhan (Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021), 267- 293.
Nathalie Tocci, Turkey and the European Union: A Journey in the Unknown, Brookings Turkey Project Policy Paper, No. 5, 2014, https://www.brookings.edu/wpcontent/uploads/2016/06/Turkey-and-the-European-Union.pdf.
Sait Akman, Türkiye-Avrupa Birliği Gümrük Birliği İlişkisi ve Ortak Dış Ticaret Politikası, içinde Türkiye Avrupa Birliği İlişkileri, (der.) Belgin Akçay ve Sinem Akgül Açıkmeşe (Ankara: Seçkin Yayıncılık, 2017), 285-309.
Heinz Kramer, The EU-Turkey Customs Union: Economic Integration Amidst Political Turmoil, Mediterranean Politics, 1, 1 (1996): 60-75.
Belgin Akçay, Türkiyenin Avrupa Birliği İle Ekonomik Bütünleşmesi, içinde Türkiye Avrupa Birliği İlişkileri, (der.) Belgin Akçay ve Sinem Akgül Açıkmeşe (Ankara: Seçkin Yayıncılık, 2017), 340-373.
Ziya Öniş, Luxembourg, Helsinki and Beyond: Towards an Interpretation of Recent Turkey-EU Relations, Government and Opposition, 35, 4 (2000): 463-483.
Eduard Soler i Lecha, Hope and Despair: Understanding Change in Turkey-EU Relations, Uluslararası İlişkiler, 20, 78 (2023): 21-42.
Barry Buzan ve Thomas Diez, The European Union and Turkey, Survival 41, 1 (1999): 41-57.
Ziya Öniş, Domestic Politics International Norms and Challenges to the State: Turkey-EU Relations in the post-Helsinki Era, Turkish Studies, 4, 1 (2003), 9-34.
Mustafa Aydın ve Sinem Akgül Açıkmeşe, Europeanization through EU Conditionality: Understanding the New Era in Turkish Foreign Policy, Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans 9, 3 (2007), 263-274.
Ercüment Tezcan, Helsinkiden 3 Ekime Giden Süreç Üzerine Saptamalar, içinde Türkiye-AB İlişkileri: Avrupanın Genişlemesi, Müzakere Süreci ve Batılılaşma Sorunsalı (der.) Ertan Efegil ve Mehmet Seyfettin Erol (Ankara: Orion Yayınevi, 2007), 309-335.
Çağrı Erhan ve Erhan Akdemir, Türkiye-Avrupa Birliği Müzakere Sürecinde İlk On Yılın Muhasebesi (2005-2015), Bilig, 78 (2016): 7-33.
Meltem Müftüler-Baç, TURKEYs Future with the European Union: An Alternative Model of Differentiated Integration, Turkish Studies 18, 3 (2017): 416-438.
Erhan İçener, Privileged Partnership: An Alternative Final Destination for Turkeys Integration with the European Union, Perspectives on European Politics and Society 8, 4 (2007): 415-438.
Fuat Aksu, Türkiye-Avrupa Birliği Tam Üyelik Müzakerelerinde Kıbrıs ve Ege Uyuşmazlıkları, içinde Türkiye-AB İlişkileri: Dış Politika ve İç Yapı Sorunsalları, (der.) Mehmet Seyfettin Erol ve Ertan Efegil (Ankara: Alp Yayınları, 2007), 25-59.
Sinem Akgül Açıkmeşe ve Dimitris Triantaphyllou, The NATOEUTurkey Trilogy: The Impact of the Cyprus Conundrum, Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, 12, 4 (2012): 555-573.
Çiğdem Üstün, Uzun bir aradan sonra Türkiyenin Gymniche katılımı, UİK Panorama, Eylül 2024, https://www.uikpanorama.com/blog/2024/09/10/cu-9/.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Discussion
  • Questions/Answers
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 20
Presentation of Article 10 40
Total(%) 60
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 40
Total(%) 100
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work 14 5 70
Preparation for Final exam
Course hours 14 3 42
Preparation for Midterm exam
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam
Homework 2 50 100
Presentation (including preperation) 2 45 90
Total Work Load302
Total Work Load / 30 (h)10.06
ECTS Credit of the Course10
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

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