European views on Turkey's membership in the EU have been split between those in support of its full integration and those advocating a privileged partnership. To the extent that many of the latter proposals imply that Turkey will be partially integrated within Europe in certain areas, the question of Turkey's accession is probably not about 'if', but about 'how much' integration there will be within the Union's structures. The purpose of this book is not to offer a definitive response to this question. The book aims instead to examine the complexity of the issues pertaining to Turkey's prospective EU membership by presenting several, often divergent, accounts of the political, security and socio-economic dimensions of the entire process. The book provides a forum for an exchange of views among distinguished scholars and researchers from different national backgrounds in order to contribute to the ongoing public discussion of Turkey's accession. 'Sophisticated, informative and refreshing in its argumentation, the book provides an excellent overview of the complexities of Turkey's accession to the EU membership' - Professor Mustafa Aydin, TOBB University of Economics and Technology. 'A refreshing view from the European periphery, an original mirror of the Union's central challenges' - Professor Georges Prevelakis, University of Paris 1 - Pantheon-Sorbonne.
Introduction by Constantine Arvanitopoulos and Nikolaos Tzifakis 1
Enlargement Governance and the Union's Integration Capacity by Constantine Arvanitopoulos and Nikolaos Tzifakis 9
The EU-Turkey Negotiations: Between the Siege of Vienna and the Reconquest of Constantinople by Julio Crespo MacLennan 21
Turkey and Europe: The Importance of Predictability by Diba Nigar Goksel 31
Tertium Datur: Turkey's Application for EU Membership by Thomas Silberhorn 45
Europeanisation and Its Discontents: Turkey, 1959-2007 by Hakan Yilmaz 53
The European Union, Islam and Turkey: Delineating Europe's Soft Power by Aristotle Tziampiris 65
Turkey and European Security by Thanos Dokos 75
Is Turkey Still an Asset for European Security? by Can Buharali 87
The Emergence of New Security Threats to the EU and Their Implications for EU-Turkey Relations: The Case of Illegal Migration by Ozgur Unal Eris 95
How Can the European Union Transform the Greek-Turkish Conflict? by Panayotis J. Tsakonas 107
Whither Turkey? Greece's Aegean Options by Kostas Ifantis 121
Greek-Turkish Peace Processes as Autopoietic Systems by Eugenia Vathakou 133
Turkey and the Identity of Europe: Contemporary Identity Politics on the European Frontier by Dimitris Keridis 147
The Debate's Impact on Europe by Ranier Fsadni 159
Imagining the EU in the Turkish Mirror by Ali Ihsan Aydin 171
What Makes Turkish Islam Unique? by Mustafa Akyol 183
The Political Economy of Turkey's Accession to the EU: A Comparative Analysis by Pantelis Sklias 195