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The Impact of the EU on Turkey: Toward Streamlining Europeanisation as a Research Programme

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2026

H. Tolga Bolukbasi ,
Ebru Ertugal  and
Saime Ozcurumez
H. Tolga Bolukbasi*
Affiliation:
Department of Political Science, Bilkent University, Ankara 06800, Turkey
Ebru Ertugal*
Affiliation:
Department of International Relations and the EU, Izmir University of Economics, Sakarya Cad. No. 156, 35330, Balcova, Izmir, Turkey
Saime Ozcurumez*
Affiliation:
Department of Political Science, Bilkent University, Ankara 06800, Turkey
*
E-mail: bolukbasi@bilkent.edu.tr
E-mail: ebru.ertugal@ieu.edu.tr
E-mail: saime@bilkent.edu.tr
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Abstract

This article provides a reassessment of the literature on the transformative impact of the EU on Turkey through the lens of the ‘Europeanisation research programme’. It relies on systematic examination of a sample of the literature based on substantive findings, research design and methods. It suggests that this sample displays limitations characteristic of the Europeanisation research programme and proposes to remedy these limitations by applying the research design and methods used therein for generating empirically based comparative research on Turkey.

Keywords

EuropeanisationTurkeyresearch designresearch method

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Research Review
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European Political Science , Volume 9 , Issue 4 , December 2010 , pp. 464 - 480
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Copyright © 2010 European Consortium for Political Research

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