Turkey and the European Union: Internal Dynamics and External Challenges

Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Introduction: Turkey at the Threshold of the European Union....Pages 1-15
The Economic Dimension of Turkey’s EU Membership: A Stock-Taking Exercise at the Start of Accession Negotiations....Pages 16-41
Between Fedora and Fez: Modern Turkey’s Troubled Road to Democratic Consolidation and the Pluralizing Role of Erdoğan’s Pro-Islam Government....Pages 42-70
The EU Challenge: A View from the Turkish Grand National Assembly....Pages 71-82
Relations Between the State and Civil Society in Turkey: Does the EU Make a Difference?....Pages 83-95
The Kurdish Problem in International Politics....Pages 96-121
The Europeanization of Turkey’s Kurdish Question....Pages 122-137
The Greek Variable in EU-Turkish Relations....Pages 138-160
Turkey’s Quest for EU Membership and the Cyprus Problem....Pages 161-177
Security Implications of Turkey’s March Towards EU Membership....Pages 178-190
The US and Turkey’s Quest for EU Membership....Pages 191-210
The Iraq War and the Troubled US-Turkish Alliance: Some Conclusions for Europe....Pages 211-232
Back Matter....Pages 233-270