With or Without the EU: Europeanisation of Asylum and Competition Policies in Turkey

Migration Diplomacy and Policy Liberalization in Morocco and Turkey

“…In addition to diplomatic factors stemming from Turkey’s on-again, off-again relationship with the EU, human rights-centric factors played a role in incentivizing reform. The 2008 MOI response was partly driven by reports from international NGOs operating in Turkey, published in 2007 and 2008, that documented the abysmal asylum and detention situation (Founder and Director, Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly; Istanbul, Turkey, May 21, 2015; Kirişci 2012), as well as by several cases brought before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to which Turkey is party (Kirişci 2012; Aydin and Kirişci 2013). In particular, the 2009 case of Abdolkhani and Karimnia constituted a turning point (ibid) whereby two Iranian refugees — assisted by Turkish and international human rights lawyers and a domestic NGO, the Human Rights Association — successfully contested their deportation decisions (Abdolkhani and Karimnia v. Turkey: European Court of Human Rights (Second Section) (Application No.…”

“…30471/08) 2009). While between 1991 and 2008, only one of the 13 cases brought before the ECtHR resulted in a conviction against Turkey, the case of Abdolkhani and Karimnia was followed by 12 additional cases that saw convictions, with most accompanied by demands for compensation to be paid to the complainants (Kirişci 2012; Aydin and Kirişci 2013). Without the additional pressure of this international shaming at the European level, Turkish policymakers may not have continued to support the reform process instigated by the MOI.…”

Internal factors in the EU’s transformative power over Turkey: the role of Turkish civil society

“…The 'interplay of internal and external factors' has influenced the EU's transformative power over Turkey. Especially after the blockage of several chapters at the EU Summit in December 2006 because of the Cyprus issue and France's stance, whose then president, Nicholas Sarkozy, was against granting full EU membership to Turkey, Turkey's reform process stalled in several fields, although it has continued in others, such as minority rights and asylum policy (Noutcheva and Aydın Düzgit 2012;Aydın and Kirişçi 2013). Currently, there are still several deficiencies in the fields of freedom of speech and media freedom in Turkey that were mentioned in the Progress Reports of the European Commission for Turkey.…”

Europeanisation of EP Election Manifestos: An Application of a New Approach on the Case of Slovak Political Parties

“…According to Börzel and Risse (2000), Europeanisation as a research agenda may be utilized in all three standard dimensions of political science research: politics (Damgaard, Jensen 2005;Kovář 2013;Havlík, Vykoupilová 2008;Mair 2000;Hloušek, Pšeja 2009), policy (Featherstone, Radaelli 2003: 7-13;Baudner, Bull 2013;Aydin, Kirişci 2013;Knill, Lehmkuhl 2002;Schmidt, Radaelli 2004;de Flers, Müller 2011) and polity (Knill 2001;Winn, Harris 2003;Albi 2005). The purpose of this paper is to contribute to research on the Europeanisation of the political dimension in general and political parties in particular, using an empirical, comparative investigation of EU issue salience and the EU policy agenda in Slovak party manifestos for EP elections from 2004-2014.…”