De-Europeanisation as Counter-conduct: The Case of non-Muslim Religious Minorities in Turkey
De-Europeanisation as Counter-conduct: The Case of non-Muslim Religious Minorities in Turkey
Author(s): Serap GüneşSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Political Theory, Political Sciences, Civil Society, Governance, Politics and society
Published by: Institutul European din România
Keywords: Turkey; minority rights; Europeanisation; de-Europeanisation; counter-conduct; governmentality;
Summary/Abstract: Democratic conditionality has been one of the main drivers of accession Europeanisation and a foreign policy instrument of the European Union’s democracy promotion in third countries through its enlargement policy. In an era of rising autocratisation, however, the normative influence of the EU is increasingly questioned as to whether it continues to be a driver of democratisation. Focusing on one of Turkey’s Christian communities, Armenians, this paper aims at analysing the impact of EU candidacy period between 1999-2022 on the minority policies of Turkey. It employs the concepts of counter-conduct and governmentality to analyse the dynamics through which the Turkish government seeks to uproot and reverse the Europeanisation in minority rights, and how this counter-conduct works in the case of Armenian community.
Journal: Romanian Journal of European Affairs
- Issue Year: 22/2022
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 5-29
- Page Count: 25
- Language: English