Turkey's 'Self' and 'Other' definitions in the course of the EU accession process /
While Turkey in recent years has experienced an exhaustive accession process to join the EU -a long desired aim-, at the same time it has been increasing its involvement across the Middle East, leading to a debate over whether it is altering its focus from West to East. This book reveals that a shif...
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| Format: | eBook Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2017] |
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| Online Access: | Click here for full text at JSTOR |
| Summary: | While Turkey in recent years has experienced an exhaustive accession process to join the EU -a long desired aim-, at the same time it has been increasing its involvement across the Middle East, leading to a debate over whether it is altering its focus from West to East. This book reveals that a shift in focus can be seen through analysis of the Turkish political elites' definitions of "self" and "other" that were established as part of the EU accession process. Melek Saral uses these definitions to help us better understand the shift that Turkey is currently undergoing While Turkey in recent years has experienced an exhaustive accession process to join the EU -a long desired aim-, at the same time it has been increasing its involvement across the Middle East, leading to a debate over whether it is altering its focus from West to East. This book reveals that a shift in focus can be seen through analysis of the Turkish political elites' definitions of "self" and "other" that were established as part of the EU accession process. Melek Saral uses these definitions to help us better understand the shift that Turkey is currently undergoing. |
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| Item Description: | Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 7, 2018). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (278 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-231) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789048530748 9048530741 |
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