Avrupa Güvenlik ve Savunma Politikası Kıskacında Türkiye-Avrupa Birliği İlişkileri
Turkey - European Union Relations under the Pressure of Europena Security and Defense Policy

Summary/Abstract: After terrorist attacks to the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon in the USA on September 11, 2001, terrorism in the “new” world system, where an order still has not been attained in the post-Cold War era, stands as an important asymmetric threat in front of the international community. Even though terrorist actions in New York, Washington, Bali, Madrid, Istanbul, and Beslan/North Ossetia are not directly related with discussions about Turkey’s accession into the EU, it caused opening widely a much needed however long delayed debate in Europe. If the EU wants be a global power in the 21st Century, an effective European security and defence arm must be formed alongside its economic power. Therefore, using not only the regional economic effectiveness of Turkey, but also its advantages effectively in the sphere of security and defence within the ESDP, might ease the task of the EU on the way of becoming a global power.

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