Conditionality, the EU and Turkey: From Transformation to Retrenchment

"Turkey has been a critical case to study to assess the impact of EU conditionality on non-member states, but has lost its visibility following the debates on the detachment of Turkey from the EU gradually since 2005. This book studies Turkey-EU relations in the area of foreign policy from 1987 when Turkey applied for full membership and expanding to the present-day retrenchment of Turkey from the EU. It provides a unique perspective in looking to explain the entirety of the EU-Turkey relations during this period covering then both transformation and retrenchment of Turkish foreign policy from the EU requirements. The book further illustrates that the conditionality mechanism is still relevant to study EU-Turkey relations, and when applied systematically, can map both attachment and detachment from the EU. It is also critical to understand how Turkey has distanced itself from the EU gradually and incrementally. This book is of key interest to scholars and students of EU foreign policy, Turkish foreign policy, conditionality, foreign policy analysis, Turkish-EU relations, the ENP and more broadly to international relations"--

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Lists of figures -- Lists of tables -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- 1 Introduction: understanding the Europeanisation of national foreign policy in non-member states -- Methods of analysis and data collection -- Findings -- Variations on the dependent variable: a multi-dimensional change? -- Substantive area -- Normative area -- Testing of the conditionality mechanism: under which conditions does the EU have the ability to influence Turkish foreign policy? -- Structure of the book -- 2 Conditionality, the EU and non-member states -- Europeanisation in national foreign policy -- Theoretical framework: how does the EU trigger domestic change? -- Conditionality and domestic change -- EU-level variables -- Domestic-level variables -- Conclusion -- 3 The case of Turkey: framework and analysis -- Misfit: an analysis of Turkish political culture -- Conditionality mechanism: conditions under which the EU triggers domestic change? -- Clarity of the EU's demands: EU-level variable 1 -- Size and credibility of the EU's incentives: EU-level variable 2 -- Preferences of the governing parties: domestic-level variable 1 -- Domestic capacity: domestic-level variable 2 -- MFA and military as potential veto players: domestic-level variable 3 -- Periodisation and propositions -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 4 Turkey's alignment with the common foreign and security policy -- Data collection -- Operationalising the dependent variable: foreign policy change -- Phase 1: 1987-1999 -- Period II: 1999-2016 -- Comparative discussion and conclusion -- Notes -- 5 Compliance with the principle of the peaceful settlement of disputes -- Data collection and analysis -- Measuring the dependent variable: foreign policy change -- Phase 1: 1987-1999 -- Phase II: 1999-2017.

1. Introduction: understanding the Europeanisation of national foreign policy in non-member states -- 2. Conditionality, EU and non-member states -- 3. The case of Turkey: framework and analysis -- 4.Turkey's alignment with the common foreign and security policy -- 5. Compliance with the principle of peaceful settlement of disputes -- 6. High profile official visits -- 7. Turkey as a peacemaker: mediation and official development assistance -- 8. Discursive change: analysis of foreign policy statements -- 9. Conclusion: explaining the Europeanisation of Turkish foreign policy in multiple dimensions -- Bibliography -- Index.