The study examines Turkey&rsquo / s responses in the face of the formation of European
Security and Defense Policy (ESDP). The political responses over ESDP have two
dimensions. From the viewpoint of Turkey, at the beginning she intended to participate
in the process of decision making structure of the ESDP. Therefore, it can be concluded
that Turkey is not against the formation of the ESDP. However, as a non-EU European
NATO member, Turkey&rsquo / s integration into European security and defense was welcomed
but she was excluded from the strategic decision making structure of ESDP. As a result
of this, formation of ESDP undermined the position of Turkey who has rights inherited
over European security from Western European Union Associate and NATO
Memberships. As Turkey was excluded from the decision making structure of ESDP, she
put reservations to the EU-NATO cooperation as a NATO member. Secondly, from the
viewpoint of European Union, she is trying to keep the decision making authority of
ESDP in EU itself by excluding non-EU European states. Besides, Turkey&rsquo / s full
integration into European Security and Defense Policy was made contingent to the
Turkey&rsquo / s European Union membership. Turkey&rsquo / s EU membership process should not be
linked with her full participation, including decision making structure of the ESDP.
European defense developments were considered to be as a challenge to NATO and US
superiority in Europe. Developments in European defense and Turkey&rsquo / s participation in
this process were also examined in this study.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12608407/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 May 2007 |
| Creators | Yuksel, Engin |
| Contributors | Turkes, Mustafa |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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