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This article discusses one of the problems that must be resolved urgently in order to enable the development of civil society in the South-eastern Anatolian Region. This is a region that will likely become the future eastern border area of the European Union (EU) and is currently Turkey's most troubled region due to its political, economic and social conditions. Despite the fact that a suitable legal-institutional environment was established during the EU membership process especially after 2001, one of the most significant obstacles that prevents civil society in the Region from showing the effort to benefit from this environment is the fact that due to from long-standing conflicts and oppressive policies, it has not been possible to establish an environment of trust between the state and civil society. First and foremost among the most crucial tools that must be reviewed and considered to establish such an environment of trust is the discourse employed by the politicobureaucratic elite.

Avrupa Birliği"nin son yıllarda üzerinde durduğu stratejik politika araçlarından bir tanesi; Akdeniz çevresinde, Doğu Avrupa"da ve Güney Kafkaslarda kendisine komşu ya da yakın durumdaki devletlerle kapsamlı ortaklık ve işbirliğini öngören yeni Avrupa Komşuluk Politikasıdır. Tam üyelik olmasa bile, Birliğin politik, ekonomik ve sosyal değerleri çerçevesinde söz konusu ülkelerin entegrasyonunu içerecek derecede ileri bir vizyona sahip bu politikanın ortaya çıkması, esas olarak Birliğin karşı karşıya kaldığı çok önemli sorunların çözülmesi ve yine Birliğin bazı global stratejilerini uygulama amaçlarına yöneliktir. Birinci amaç açısından, özellikle Birliğin maruz kaldığı yasadışı göç, uyuşturucu ve kadın ticareti ile enerji açığı sorunlarını çözmede kullanılması öngörülen Avrupa Komşuluk Politikası; ikinci amaç açısından da Birliğin nüfuz alanını genişletme ve global dengelerde söz sahibi olma hedeflerinin bir aracı olarak planlanmaktadır ; One of the strategic policy tools the European Union has been emphasising in recent years is the new European Neighbourhood Policy, which foresees extensive partnerships and collaboration among neighbouring or nearby nations in the Mediterranean, Eastern Europe, and the Southern Caucuses. Although this policy does not denote full membership, its vision anticipates the integration of the nations in question within the framework of the political, economic and social values of the Union, and it was born with the aim primarily to resolve some of the major problems the Union faces and implement certain global strategies of the Union. The primary aim of the European Neighbourhood Policy is to resolve especially issues such as illegal migration, drug trafficking, trafficking in women, and energy shortages from which the Union suffers, while its secondary aim is to act as a tool toward expanding the Union"s zone of influence and have a say in global balances