TURKEY- EUROPEAN UNION RELATIONS II

PSIR505

Course Code: PSIR505
Semester: Second Term (Spring)-
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 10

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Master's Degree With Thesis

Year of Study

Semester

Second Term (Spring)-

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Associate Professor Cihan Dizdaroğlu

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Analyse the developments after Turkey's application for membership to the European Community.
Learn the process leading to custom union.
Learn the yearly progress reports prepared by European Commision on Turkey and the EU Meetings.
Learn the negotiation process of Turkey
Gain a deep knowledge on Turkey-EU Relations and integration process.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Description

This course takes up from the analysis made in PSIR 504 and covers the developments in EU-Turkey relationship since Turkey's application for EU membership. In doing so, the course analyses the domestic and European factors facilitating and impeding Turkey's integration with the EU.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	The World After the Cold War The Road to Customs Union Reasons, Negotiations, Aims, Principles
2^nd Week	The First Years and Development of the Customs Union Luksembourg Summit - Before and After
3^rd Week	1998 - 1999 - 2000: EU Councils, Progress Reports, Developments
4^th Week	2001 - 2002 - 2003: EU Councils, Progress Reports, Developments
5^th Week	2004 - 2005 - 2006: EU Councils, Progress Reports, Developments
6^th Week	2006 - 2007 - 2008: EU Councils, Progress Reports, Developments
7^th Week	2009 - 2010 - 2011: EU Councils, Progress Reports, Developments
8^th Week	Economic Criteria: Turkey's Economic Politics
9^th Week	Political Criteria: Democrasy and State of Law Hukuk Devleti
10^th Week	Political Criteria / Foreign Affairs: Greece
11^th Week	Political Criteria / Foreign Factors: Cyprus
12^th Week	Social Factors: Islam and Laicism
13^th Week	Social Factors: Culture and Nationalism
14^th Week	Newspaper Reports

Recommended or Required Reading

Arnold, Hans: Political Arguments against Turkey's Accession to the European Union, Internationale Politik und Gesellschaft, 3/2007
Arvanitopoulos, Constantine (Ed.): Turkeys Accession to the European Union: An Unusual Candidacy, The Constantinos Karamanlis Institute for Democracy Series on European and International Affairs, 2009
Aybet, Gülnur: Turkey and the EU After the First Year of Negotiations: Reconciling Internal and External Policy Challenges, Security Dialogue, Vol. 37, No. 4, 2006, p. 529-549
Barysch, Katinka: Deepening, widening and prospects for Turkish membership, Centre for European Reform, Paper, May 2006
Barysch, Katinka: What Europeans think about Turkey and why, Centre for European Reform, briefing note, August 2007
Barysch, Katinka: Can Turkey combine EU accession and regional leadership?, Centre for European Reform, Policy Brief, January 2010
Barysch, Katinka: Turkey and the EU: Can stalemate be avoided?, Centre for European Reform, Policy Brief, December 2010
Benhabib, Seyla / Işıksel, Türküler: Ancient Battles, New Prejudices, and Future Perspectives: Turkey and the EU, Constellations, Vol. 13, No. 2
Bilgin, Pınar: A Return to Civilisational Geopolitics in the Mediterranean? Changing Geopolitical Images of the European Union and Turkey in the Post-Cold War Era, Geopolitics, Vol. 9, No. 2 / 1 2004
Buzan, Barry / Diez, Thomas: The European Union and Turkey, Survival, Spring 1999
cafe babel, European current affairs magazine: Turkey, Edition from 29.09.2005
Cem, İsmail: Turkey and Europe: Looking to the Future from a Historical Perspective, Perceptions, 5 (2000) 2
Diez, Thomas: Turkey, the European Union and Security Complexes Revisited, Mediterranean Politics, Vol. 10, No 2, July 2005
Ekonomik Bağımsızlık, Ulusal Kalkınma ve Sanayileşme için - Gümrük Birliğine Hayır, Ankara 1996
Eralp, Atila: Turkey in the Enlargement Process: From Luxembourg to Helsinki, Perceptions, 5 (2000) 2
Erdoğdu, Erkan: Turkey and Europe: Undivided But Not United, MERIA Journal, Middle East Review of International Affairs, Vol. 6 No 2 - June 2002
Evert, Steven: An asset but not a model: Turkey, the EU and the wider Middle East, Centre for European Reform, October 2004
Gözen, Ramazan: Turgut Özal and Turkish Foreign Policy: Style and Vision, Foreign Policy / Dış Politika, 20 (1996) 3-4
Grabbe, Heather: When negotiations begin: the next phase in EU-Turkey relations, Centre For European Reform, Essay, November 2004
Gürel, Şükrü S.: Tarihsel Boyut içinde Türk Yunan İlişkileri (1821-1993), Ankara 1993
Hakkı, Murat Metin: Turkey and the EU: Past Challenges and Important Issues Lying Ahead, Turkish Studies, Vol. 7, No. 3, September 2006
Hughes, Kristy: Turkey and the European Union: Just another Enlargement?, A Friends of Europe Working Paper, June 2004
Hülsse, Rainer: Cool Turkey: Solving the Image Problem to Secure EU Membership, Mediterranean Politics, Vol. 11, No. 3, November 2006
İlkin, Selim: A Short History of Turkey's Association with the European Community, in: Ahmet Evin / Geoffrey Denton (Ed.): Turkey and the European Community, Opladen 1990, p. 35-50
Keyder, Caglar: Moving in from the Margins? Turkey in Europe, Diogenes, May 2006; Vol. 53
Khan, Mujeeb R. / Yavuz, M. Hakan: Bringing Turkey into Europe, Current History, March 2003

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion
Questions/Answers

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	20
Assignment	6	40
Project	2	40
Total(%)		100
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		100
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		0
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	3	3
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	14	4	56
Preparation for Final exam
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	42	42
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam
Homework	6	12	72
Project	2	45	90
Total Work Load			305
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			10.16
ECTS Credit of the Course			10

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3	LO4	LO5
K1
K2
K3	X	X	X	X	X
K4		X			X
K5		X	X		X
K6			X	X	X
K7				X	X
K8			X