Journal of Political Strategy

Turkey's position in EU foreign policy during Erdogan's two terms before and after the coup

Volume 1, Issue 1 - Serial Number 1
Summer 2017
Pages 47-79
Journal of Political Strategy

Document Type : Original Independent Original Article

Authors

alireza mohammadkhani 1
rasool hasanlo 2

1 Assistant Professor of International Relations, Islamic Azad University, Zanjan Branch, Zanjan, Iran

2 Master student of International Relations, Islamic Azad University, Zanjan Branch, Zanjan, Iran

Abstract
One of Turkey's most important goals in recent years has been to join the European Union. Membership in this union brings many benefits to countries. On the other hand, the developed European countries also intend to increase their political and economic influence in the world with the border development of the European Union, and on the other hand, they enumerate the problems and difficulties in order for Turkey to join the European Union. Turkey has made major reforms in recent years to accept its membership in the European Union. Accordingly, and as a result of the implementation of these reforms, we are witnessing a decrease in the role of the military and a change in the rights of minorities and more respect for human rights in this country, which after the reforms by the Turkish government we have seen a positive trend in negotiations. Since the 2016 coup and Erdogan's actions against the coup, Europeans have changed their minds about the Turkish government, and the growing process of negotiations between the union and Turkey to join the union has faced major problems. In this regard, this article uses the theory of convergence to answer the question of whether Turkey's position in EU foreign policy has changed after the coup? Based on this, the article hypothesizes that Turkey's position in EU foreign policy after the 2016 coup seems to be in a good position for reasons such as human rights, the Turkish government's pessimistic view of Europe and the problem of immigrants before the coup. Not be. The research method is based on descriptive-analytical research strategy.

Keywords

EU
Turkey
coup
convergence and divergence

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