Turkish Accession and Defining the Boundaries of Nationalism and Supranationalism: Discourses in the European Commission

Düzgit, Senem Aydın; Suvarierol, Semin

doi:10.1080/13608746.2011.598363

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“…Whereas the discourses are critical of sovereignty and nationalism when it comes to Turkey, they become protective of European sovereignty and interests in their own discourses on Turkey without framing them as nationalistic. When the issue comes to the concrete impacts of Turkish accession to the EU and its member states, guarding the national as well as the European interest is acceptable to the Commission officials (see Aydın-Düzgit and Suvarierol, 2011).…”

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European security and the accession of Turkey: Identity and foreign policy in the European Commission

Aydın‐Düzgit¹

2013

Cooperation and Conflict

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Following a poststructuralist theorising of identity in international relations, which argues that identity is relationally and discursively constructed through foreign policy, this article attempts to analyse the way in which the European Commission discursively constructs European identit(ies) in its relations with Turkey around the theme of ‘security’. The study utilises the methodological tools of critical discourse analysis in analysing the speeches and field interviews conducted with European Commission officials, in examining the way in which they construct ‘Europe’ in relation to the security implications of Turkish accession. The article’s findings challenge the argument that Europe is moving beyond the modern state to resemble a postmodern order, and problematises the designation of the Commission as a ‘cosmopolitan’ actor in EU enlargement policy.

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European security and the accession of Turkey: Identity and foreign policy in the European Commission

Aydın‐Düzgit¹

2013

Cooperation and Conflict

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“…Most significantly, if national attachments have not been replaced by a cosmopolitan outlook, it could mean that the EU represents an expanded form of nationalism, or ''Euro-nationalism.'' 6 In Edgar Grande's terms, ''supranationalism bears the risk of degenerating into a European supernationalism.'' 7 The presumed cosmopolitanism of the EU has indeed been challenged, especially during discussions of the European Constitution with regard to the defining characteristics and the boundaries of the EU.…”

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Limits of Cosmopolitanism?

Suvarierol

Düzgit

2011

Alternatives: Global, Local, Political

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With its institutional motto of ''unity in diversity,'' the European Union (EU) officially embraces a cosmopolitan outlook. This article argues that this motto becomes reality within the institutions of the EU as the officials undergo a cosmopolitan transformation process by experiencing cultural diversity on a daily basis. This cosmopolitanism, however, is not without limits. The discussions on Turkey's EU candidacy are a case in point. By analyzing the discourses of Commission officials with regard to their own identity as well as their discourses on the Turkish elite, this article assesses the extent and limits of cosmopolitanism in the European Commission and its general implications for the EU.

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Una revisión de la literatura académica: 20 años de la política exterior del gobierno del Partido de la Justicia y el Desarrollo (AKP) en Turquía

Rodríguez-López

Lois

2022

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El siguiente texto lleva a cabo una revisión de la literatura académica centrada en la política exterior del AKP en el periodo 2002-2022 con el objeto de contextualizar el contenido del monográfico especial “Turquía: repertorios de cooperación y conflicto en el Mediterráneo oriental y la región MENA”. El monográfico se centra en abordar los repertorios de actuación de Turquía en el ámbito de su política exterior, muy especialmente durante episodios contenciosos, pero no sólo, con terceros Estados. Con el objeto de contextualizar las relaciones bilaterales objeto de análisis, el presente artículo recoge las principales tendencias en la política exterior turca de los últimos años, con las que enmarcar y explicar el contexto en el que se producirán dichas relaciones, así como el recurso a diferentes herramientas de poder político en la arena internacional. Esta visión panorámica permite ahondar en la dirección y alcance de unas relaciones exteriores que han experimentado transformaciones sustanciales en los últimos años. El artículo se centra en los textos que han propuesto una caracterización por etapas de la política exterior del AKP, plantea en detalle la génesis y el debate en torno a los conceptos de neo-otomanismo y euroasianismo comúnmente utilizados para explicar diferentes momentos de la política exterior turca, y cierra con un epígrafe destinado a las herramientas de poder duro, poder blando y de diplomacia coercitiva utilizadas por el partido en el poder.

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Turkish Accession and Defining the Boundaries of Nationalism and Supranationalism: Discourses in the European Commission

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European security and the accession of Turkey: Identity and foreign policy in the European Commission

European security and the accession of Turkey: Identity and foreign policy in the European Commission

Limits of Cosmopolitanism?

Una revisión de la literatura académica: 20 años de la política exterior del gobierno del Partido de la Justicia y el Desarrollo (AKP) en Turquía

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