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On The Study Of Turkey's Entering The EU

Posted on:2007-04-22Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:J J ZouFull Text:PDF
GTID:2166360212472768Subject:International politics
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As a secular muslin country, Turkey attaches importance to the relations with the western countries all the time. It was until the late 19th century that Turkey began its westernization in politics, economy and social structure. Ever since the founding of the Republic in 1923, the successive Turkish governments have been taking the "westernization" and "secularization" as an unshakable basic national policy. After World War II, especially after the breaking out of Cold War, Turkey's foreign policy is totally close allied with the west and takes "entering the EU" as the Ultimate Aim for Turkey's integration into Europe. Comparing with other applicants, it is noticeable is that Turkey's course of EU entry is quite slow, because of its political, economical and cultural factors. Since Turkey applied for Joining EEC - the original form of EU in July, 1959 to 17th, December, 2005 when EU decided to start negotiation with Turkey about the issues of entering the EU, the total course takes 64 years. However, it will still take several years for Turkey to enter the EU and the course is full of uncertainties.Turkey's entering the EU carries weight in the International and Regional Political Situation, the development of EU, Islamic World and western countries. This paper adopts the theory of National Interests, game theory and interdependence theory to analyze the reasons of Turkey's entering the EU, including its citizen's intense European complex and Turkey's incessant attempt to enter the EU as early as possible which were motivated by its economic and political interests. Then the paper continues to analyze why Turkey still not enters the EU and discusses some advantages for Turkey's EU entry. For example, Turkey's conspicuous regional and political advantages, its decisive importance in Central Asia and Middle East areas and its ally - American's firm support, all of which are Turkey's trump. At last, this paper previews Turkey's future relationship with EU and makes a conclusion that Turkey's EU entry is full of uncertainties which depend on both parties' interactions and games.
Keywords/Search Tags:Turkey, Enter, EU
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