Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
2nd International Conference on Education and Social Sciences (INTCESS), İstanbul, Türkiye, 2 - 04 Şubat 2015, ss.278-282
The European Union accession process of Turkey became an academic subject worth researching and that has been done many studies upon. Turkey is a country which is unique for EU in terms of many areas. Any other country has such long membership process and any membership has been this much discussed. Turkey is more crowded than almost all the other union countries and its socioeconomic situation differs. Also, the possible voting right is another important problem that makes the union think about. The possibility of membership scares the union since it is impossible to give Turkey the possibility of being one of the most authorized country of the union. The reason of Turkey. s prolonged accession process depends both to the attitude of member countries and attitude of Turkey. Frank Schimmelfennig explains in his article " Entrapped Again: The way to EU membership negotiations with Turkey" that the dilemma of the European Union process of Turkey is not only because the member countries which behave rationally but also because Turkey. s failure to realize required reforms. In this study, how the milestone decisions of EU in 1999 and 2005 are taken despite opponent membership countries will be discussed according to some parameters. For this context, in the light of the previous enlargement of EU, the approach of EU to other candidate countries, the success to realize Copenhagen Criteria of candidate countries and after membership period with the rationalist institutionalism theory, this study will try to enlighten the dilemma of European Union process of Turkey.