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Since the declaration of the Republic in 1923, Turkey has always looked to the West for its modernization and development processes. Following the Second World War, several organizations were created among countries in order to maintain joint power against conflicts, including o…

The interaction of Community and European Political Cooperation (EPC) affairs is a subject which has been neglected in the research on European integration. While legal scholars have partially taken up the complex task of treaty exegesis, there has been a dearth of research from…

My thesis examines the role of the Turkish-European Economic Community (EEC) integration process in Turkish self-understandings. It analyzes how Turks spoke about their integration into the predecessor of the European Union (EU) between 1959 and 1983, arguing that the horizon up…