Table of Contents

Introduction Chronology: Turkey's relations with the EU 1. Domestic Politics, International Norms and Challenges to the State: Turkey-EU relations in the post-Helsinki era 2. Towards a European Security and Defence Policy: With or without Turkey? 3. The Cyprus Obstacle on Turkey's Road to Membership in the European Union 4. The Question of Asylum and Illegal Migration in European Union-Turkish Relations 5. Human Rights, the European Union and the Turkish Accession Process 6. The Intellectual Roots of Anti-European Sentiments in Turkish Politics: The case of radical Turkish nationalism 7. Turkey's Slow EU Candidacy: Insurmountable hurdles to membership or simple Euro-skepticism? 8. Who Wants Full Membership? Characteristics of Turkish public support for EU membership 9. Turkish Parliamentarians' Perspectives on Turkey's Relations with the European Union 10. Implementing the Economic Criteria of EU Membership: How difficult is it for Turkey? Conclusion

About the Author

Ali Carkoglu is currently an associate professor at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences in Sabanci University, Istanbul. He regularly teaches courses on Turkish Politics, comparative political parties and interest groups, formal modelling, research methods and statistics. He received his Ph.D. from the State University of New York-Binghamton in 1993. Barry Rubin is Director of the Global Research in International Affairs Center and of its Institute for Turkish Studies. He is editor of Turkish Studies journal and of the Middle East Review of International Affairs (MERIA).