ASIAN DIMENSION OF TURKEY'S CHARACTER: AN OBSTACLE OR A CATALYST FOR EUROPEAN UNION MEMBERSHIP

Valery Giscard d'Estaing, President of the 'European Convention', an important assembly to shape European Union's (EU) future legal and administrative architecture, announced Le Monde on 8 November 2002 that "Turkey can not be admitted as a member to the EU, simply because i...

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Main Author: Çağrı Erhan
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Language:English
Published: Ankara University 2003-01-01
Series:Ankara Avrupa Çalışmaları Dergisi
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description Valery Giscard d'Estaing, President of the 'European Convention', an important assembly to shape European Union's (EU) future legal and administrative architecture, announced Le Monde on 8 November 2002 that "Turkey can not be admitted as a member to the EU, simply because it is Asian".1 With these words Giscard d'Estaing not only expressed his objection, as an outstanding figure in the EU, to Turkey's integration with Europe, but he also opened the Pandora's Box. Following him, a growing debate over Turkey's place in Europe and its identity has been intensified. Those who defend the idea that EU should continue its close relations with Turkey but should not let it in, mostly depend on the `cultural difference' assumption.
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ASIAN DIMENSION OF TURKEY'S CHARACTER: AN OBSTACLE OR A CATALYST FOR EUROPEAN UNION MEMBERSHIP
Ankara Avrupa Çalışmaları Dergisi
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title ASIAN DIMENSION OF TURKEY'S CHARACTER: AN OBSTACLE OR A CATALYST FOR EUROPEAN UNION MEMBERSHIP
title_full ASIAN DIMENSION OF TURKEY'S CHARACTER: AN OBSTACLE OR A CATALYST FOR EUROPEAN UNION MEMBERSHIP
title_fullStr ASIAN DIMENSION OF TURKEY'S CHARACTER: AN OBSTACLE OR A CATALYST FOR EUROPEAN UNION MEMBERSHIP
title_full_unstemmed ASIAN DIMENSION OF TURKEY'S CHARACTER: AN OBSTACLE OR A CATALYST FOR EUROPEAN UNION MEMBERSHIP
title_short ASIAN DIMENSION OF TURKEY'S CHARACTER: AN OBSTACLE OR A CATALYST FOR EUROPEAN UNION MEMBERSHIP
title_sort asian dimension of turkey s character an obstacle or a catalyst for european union membership
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url https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/1342263
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