ABSTRACT
THE EUROPEAN UNION FACTOR IN THE UNITED STATES-TURKEY
RELATIONS: 1995-1999
Ç / ankaya, Mine
M.Sc., Department of International Relations
Supervisor: Dr. Fulya Kip Barnard
September 2003, 188 pages
This study seeks to analyze the imperatives underlying the United States policy of
supporting Turkey& / #8217 / s full membership to the European Union from 1995 to 1999. It is
basically composed of four parts. The first part discusses the US security policy in the
regions surrounding Turkey following the demise of the Soviet Union. Accordingly, the
US security policies towards Russia, the Europe, the Balkans, the Middle East, the
Central Asia and the Caucasus are examined. The second part is devoted to the
examination of American-Turkish relations in the post-Cold War era. The third part
deals with the role of the EU in Turkish domestic politics in the post- Cold War era. The
last chapter serves as the essence of the study. It aims to focus on the implications of
Turkey& / #8217 / s relations with the EU for the US security policy. Within this framework thedomestic changes in Turkish politics especially the rise of Islam and nationalism in the
mid 90s and their implications for the US security policy are explained. Second,
Turkey& / #8217 / s role in the emerging European security framework and its implications for the
US security policy are scrutnized. Having elaborated these factors, this study concludes
with a brief analysis of the basic points of the study.
Keywords: The US security policy, American-Turkish relations, Turkey-EU relations.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/1177005/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 September 2003 |
| Creators | Cankaya, Mine |
| Contributors | Barnard, Fulya Kip |
| 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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