Türkiye-EU Relations and the European Political Community in the aftermath of Russian Invasion: Is the Transactional Turn here to Stay?


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Alpan B. Z.

Technical Report, pp.1-22, 2024

  • Publication Type: Other Publication / Technical Report
  • Publication Date: 2024
  • Page Numbers: pp.1-22
  • Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to explore how recent transactional initiatives between Türkiye and the EU in general and the EPC initiative in particular have unfolded and have been perceived by the Turkish diplomats and foreign policy experts. This endeavour to understand the Turkish perceptions of Türkiye-EU relations mainly focusing on recent transactionalism between the parties will be explored with a particular focus on three thematic layers, namely the foreign policy, migration and energy through semi-structured interviews with Turkish diplomats and foreign policy experts.