- The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations
- Issue: 40
- Turkey-EU Relations: The Limitations of Europeanisation Studies
Turkey-EU Relations: The Limitations of Europeanisation Studies
Authors : Didem Buhari
Pages : 91-121
Doi:10.1501/Intrel_0000000227
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Publication Date : 2009-05-01
Article Type : Research
Abstract :Europeanisation studies aim at highlighting the triggering role of the EU within Turkish context. However, these studies have several deficiencies. This article intends to highlight the inherent ontological and methodological problems associated with the concept of Europeanisation in general, and for Turkey-EU relations in particularKeywords : Europeanisation, Turkey, the EU, Modernization, Westernization