Turkey and the EU: Towards Free Movement and Free Thought?

Turkey and the EU: Towards Free Movement and Free Thought?, Spring 2012Tuesday, June 5, 2012
This issue of TPQ finds the Turkey-European Union relationship at a crossroads. While there is widespread recognition that some form of progress is necessary to salvage the current low in relations between the two entities, different...

Nigâr Göksel

Interview with Demetris Christofias, Spring 2012Tuesday, June 5, 2012
We are absolutely ready to continue the dialogue for a solution of the Cyprus problem during the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The Cyprus Presidency is independent of the efforts aimed at the settlement of the Cyprus problem...

Demetris Christofias

Turkey-EU Relations and the Customs Union: Expectations versus the Reality, Spring 2012Tuesday, June 5, 2012
This article focuses on three interrelated issues of Turkey-EU relations. Initially, an overview of Turkey-EU relations and some reasons that have led to Turkish frustration and disappointment towards the EU are presented. The next section...

Hayati Yazıcı

Women’s Rights in Turkey, Spring 2012Tuesday, June 5, 2012
This article elaborates on Turkey’s progress in areas such as the increase in girls’ school enrolment rates and the drop of infant mortality rates, as well as efforts in the area of domestic violence. The Minister points out the...

Fatma Şahin

EU-Turkey Strategic Dialogue: A Concept In Need For Action, Spring 2012Tuesday, June 5, 2012
The tremendous political changes that have been taking place in the Middle East and North Africa have stressed the importance for the materialization of the EU-Turkey Strategic dialogue. Turkey needs the EU for its economic...

Alexander Graf Lambsdorff

EU and Turkey: Accession Prospects, Spring 2012Tuesday, June 5, 2012
There are many economic, geopolitical and diplomatic issues at stake related to Turkey-EU relations and Turkey’s potential accession to the EU. Both sides have significant mutual economic interests. Additionally, Turkey is crucial for...

Carlo Casini

A Common Future: Turkey and the European Union, Spring 2012Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Turkey’s challenges require a strong and bold leadership that can think smart and act strategically without losing sight of universal values. The Turkish society deserves freedom, democracy and justice and a country where everybody can...

Umut Oran

President François Hollande on the Foreign Policy Front, Spring 2012Tuesday, June 5, 2012
The newly elected French President, François Hollande will face significant challenges in the domestic, European and foreign policy arenas. This article highlights some major and pressing foreign policy issues that will be high on the...

Marc Pierini

Turkey - EU Relationship: The Rationale for a “Third Way”, Spring 2012Tuesday, June 5, 2012
The Schuman Declaration of 1950 made one thing clear: “Europe will not be made all at once, or according to a single, general plan. It will be built through concrete achievements, which will create first a de facto solidarity.”...

Francesco M. Bongiovanni

The European Project and Geopolitics of Energy, Spring 2012Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Even though the European project is not “complete” yet, from a geopolitical point of view the EU has by and large been a success, particularly in the economic field. However, the Eurozone has been recently experiencing negative...

Sergiy Korsunsky

Visa-Free Travel for Turkey: In Everybody’s Interest, Spring 2012Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Today Turkey is the only EU candidate country whose citizens are obliged to obtain a Schengen visa before being allowed to enter the EU. This is a source of intense frustration for Turkish citizens and officials alike. So far the EU has...

Alexandra Stiglmayer

The Future of the Balkans is in Europe What About the Past and the Present?, Spring 2012Tuesday, June 5, 2012
This article examines the current dymamics of the EU enlargement process towards the Western Balkan countries. Despite the fact that this region has historically been an integral part of Europe and the EU’s reassurance to eventually...

Ahmet Funda Tezok

Breaking the Vicious Circle in EU-Turkey Relations: Visa Negotiations, Spring 2012Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Against the backdrop of an accession process that has come to a virtual halt, the visa-free travel is the most tangible and visible area that Turkish nationals associate mostly directly with EU membership and seek to reap benefits from....

Zeynep Özler

The General, the Prime Minister and the Imam: Civil-Military Relations in Turkey Today, Spring 2012Tuesday, June 5, 2012
The Turkish government has won its power struggle with the General Staff. Now that the primacy of politics has been established, democratic control of the military has improved. However, the government now faces a challenge of a different...

Sami Faltas

Legal Reforms in Turkey: Ambitious and Controversial, Spring 2012Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Both domestic demand and the EU accession process have trigerred a significant legal reform agenda in Turkey. Some important improvements are already in force, but there are still a number of reforms needed. Meanwhile, new controversies have...

Özgür Aşık

The Impact of the European Union on the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict, Spring 2012Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Since the ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon in 2009, the European Union (EU) has tried to make its voice heard more clearly on the international stage by creating the European External Action Service and strengthening the role of the High...

David Janssen

Turkey and the EU: Towards Free Movement and Free Thought?Vol. 11 No. 1 - Spring 2012

Turkey and the EU: Towards Free Movement and Free Thought?
Vol. 11 No. 1 - Spring 2012