Turkey and the Ec/EU

Course content

This course is designed to enable students to understand properly the political, economic, foreign policy and security issues that influence the relations between Turkey and the EC/EU. The course content includes an analysis of the normative structure of the EU-Turkey relations; major breakthroughs in Turkey-EC/EU relations; the impact of EC/EU`s developments on its relations with Turkey; the role of EC/EU bodies such as the Commission; the Council of Ministers and the European Court of Justice on Turkey`s relations with the EC/EU; the influence of the Mediterranean policy of the EC/EU on Turkey. Furthermore, the recent developments will be examined to project the future of relations between Turkey and the EU.