How Retrenchment in Kemalism is Preventing the Accession of Turkey into the European Union
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Karagöz, Güzin
- Affiliation: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- Turkey's accession to the European Union has been a key topic of debate in the past few years. This paper aims to explain how current policies under the Erdoğan administration are causing a retrenchment in Atatürk s efforts of westernizing the Turkish state and further hindering Turkey from joining the European Union. Research on this topic tends to discuss contemporary Turkish and European politics but fails to include its roots going back to the establishment of the nation itself. To tackle why Turkey has faced difficulty joining the EU, I address how both Atatürk and Erdoğan dealt with the same struggles from differing perspectives, leading to opposite results. I tie together discourse on Turkish history as well as contemporary politics using analysis by authors like Darden and Skocpol. This approach explains current trends and sheds light on how Turkey s history affects contemporary outcomes.
- Date of publication
- 2023
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- Journal title
- North Carolina Journal of European Studies
- Journal volume
- 3
- Journal issue
- 1
- Page start
- 10
- Page end
- 17
- Language
- English
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