ANALYSIS OF THE EU-TURKEY STATEMENT WITHIN THE SCOPE OF EXTERNALIZATION OF MIGRATION POLICY OF THE EU

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Tezin Türü: Yüksek Lisans

Tezin Yürütüldüğü Kurum: Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi, İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi, Uluslararası İlişkiler Bölümü, Türkiye

Tezin Onay Tarihi: 2021

Tezin Dili: İngilizce

Öğrenci: Bengüsu Fal

Danışman: Başak Kale Lack

Özet:

This thesis analyzes the EU-Turkey Statement in relation to the externalization of migration policy of the EU. The main aim of this study is to evaluate the tools of externalization of migration policy of the EU within the EU-Turkey Statement announced on 18^th March 2016. One of the main reasons for the existence of the Statement is the externalization of migration policy of the EU. In this context, this thesis first explains the formation of the externalization of migration policy of the EU and its tools. Later, the formation of the Statement, its elements, implementations and challenges are discussed. Finally, the elements of the Statement are analyzed in their relations with the tools of externalization of migration policy of the EU. As the main argument, this thesis supports that the EU-Turkey Statement is an outcome of the externalization of migration policy of the EU. This is due to the fact that the Statement involves tools of the externalization of migration policy of the EU through elements on the EU accession process, border controls, the principles of the Dublin system, readmission processes and financial assistance.