EU Enlargement: Turkey and EU
COMENIUS UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC SCIENCES
EUROPEAN UNION ENLARGEMENT: TURKEY and EU
From 1963 to 2013
Semih BAŞKAYA
DEPARTMENT OF EUROPEAN STUDIES
BRATISLAVA
2013
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EUROPEAN UNION ENLARGEMENT: TURKEY and EU
From 1963 to 2013
Semih BAŞKAYA
ABSTRACT
The relations with European Union has been always important for Turkey since it has applied for being member but also it has been always a tough process for Turkey. This process had begun with the signing of the Ankara Agreement in 1963 and there have been some changes in the expectations of both sides, but neither Turkey nor the European Union wanted to end this process. On the other hand, when Turkey’s name was not counted among the candidate countries on Luxembourg Summit of December 1997, it decided that Turkey will have stopped the dialogue with the European Union. However, at the Helsinki Summit of December 1999, the European Council declared Turkey as a candidate state and asked the Commission to prepare a Pre-accession Strategy and an Accession Partnership for Turkey. And in beginning of 2000s, the negotiations had been intensely continued. But after the policies Justice and Development Party1, the relations entered to period of stagnation.
Key Words: European Economic Community (EEC), European Community (EC), European
Union (EU), Ankara Agreement, Helsinki Summit, Commission’s Regular Reports on Turkey, Justice and Development Party
Introduction
After the WWII, all of the European countries had been crushed and devastated. They needed to cooperate to stop any other world war. So they made first step with the Paris agreement in 1951 that created European Coal and Steel Community among France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg. Then they signed the Roma Agreement in 1957 for the creation of European Economic Community and European Atomic Energy Community. This
FACULTY OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC SCIENCES
EUROPEAN UNION ENLARGEMENT: TURKEY and EU
From 1963 to 2013
Semih BAŞKAYA
DEPARTMENT OF EUROPEAN STUDIES
BRATISLAVA
2013
Contents
EUROPEAN UNION ENLARGEMENT: TURKEY and EU
From 1963 to 2013
Semih BAŞKAYA
ABSTRACT
The relations with European Union has been always important for Turkey since it has applied for being member but also it has been always a tough process for Turkey. This process had begun with the signing of the Ankara Agreement in 1963 and there have been some changes in the expectations of both sides, but neither Turkey nor the European Union wanted to end this process. On the other hand, when Turkey’s name was not counted among the candidate countries on Luxembourg Summit of December 1997, it decided that Turkey will have stopped the dialogue with the European Union. However, at the Helsinki Summit of December 1999, the European Council declared Turkey as a candidate state and asked the Commission to prepare a Pre-accession Strategy and an Accession Partnership for Turkey. And in beginning of 2000s, the negotiations had been intensely continued. But after the policies Justice and Development Party1, the relations entered to period of stagnation.
Key Words: European Economic Community (EEC), European Community (EC), European
Union (EU), Ankara Agreement, Helsinki Summit, Commission’s Regular Reports on Turkey, Justice and Development Party
Introduction
After the WWII, all of the European countries had been crushed and devastated. They needed to cooperate to stop any other world war. So they made first step with the Paris agreement in 1951 that created European Coal and Steel Community among France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg. Then they signed the Roma Agreement in 1957 for the creation of European Economic Community and European Atomic Energy Community. This
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