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Reading List:

Emre GÖNEN, İstanbul Bilgi University, Department of International Relations

1. The History of EU-Turkey Relations
2. EU Enlargement Policy: How does it Work?
3. A History of Europe Revisited

Umut ÖZKIRIMLI, İstanbul Bilgi University, Department of International Relations

1. Nationalism in Turkey: An Impediment to EU Accession?
• Özkırımlı, Umut, The Topography of Nationalism in Turkey: Actors, Discourses and the Struggle for Hegemony

2. Nationalism in Turkey and Greece
• Özkırımlı, Umut and Sofos, A., Tormented by History: Nationalism in Greece and Turkey (London: Hurst and Co., 2008) (available at library)

Ayhan KAYA, İstanbul Bilgi University, Director of the European Institute, Department of International Relations

1. Diversity in Turkey: A General Framework on Issues of Democracy in Turkey
• Santana, Nil, “Transformation of the Turkish Military and the Path to Democracy”. Armed Forces and Society 34 no: 3, (2008): 357-388.

2. Issue of Migration within the Scope of Turkish Accession
• Kaya, Ayhan and Kentel, Ferhat, Belgian-Turks, A Bridge or a Breach between Turkey and the European Union? Qualitative and quantitative research to improve understanding of the Turkish communities in Belgium. Brussels: King Baudouin Foundation, 2008
• Minority Rights Group International “A Quest for equality: Minorities in Turkey’”. London, Minority Rights Group, 2007

Riva KASTORYANO, Sciences Po Paris, Centre for International Studies and Research

1. Turkish Accession in the French Debate: Islam, Immigration, Identity
• Göle, Nilüfer. “Europe’s Encounter with Islam: What Future for Europe”. Constellations 12, No: 2, (2006): 248-262
• Barysch, Katinka. “What Europeans Think About Turkey and Why?”. London, Center for European Reform, 2007

2. Multiculturalism in Europe and Turkish Accession
• Le Gloannec, Anne Marie. “Conditionality, Impact and Prejudice in EU-Turkey Relations: A view from France’” in Conditionality, Impact and Prejudice in EU-Turkey Relations ed. Nathalie Tocci (Roma, Istituto Affari Internazaionali, 2007)

Joost LAGENDIJK, Member of European Parliament

1. EU Accession Negotiations with Turkey

Alain SERVANTIE, Directorate General, Enlargement European Commission
1. European Public Opinion on Turkey: Challenges to Diversity
• Twigg, Stephen; Schaefer, Sarah; Austin, Greg and Parker, Kate. “Turks in Europe: Why are We Afraid?”. London, Foreign Policy Center, 2005
• Infakto Research Workshop, “Survey on the Perceptions of the Turkish Society about European Values”. Ari Group, 2006
• Barysch, Katinka. “What Europeans Think About Turkey and Why?”. London, Center for European Reform, 2007

2. The role of Civil Society and Communication in the Accession Process
• Tocci, Nathalie ed. Talking Turkey in Europe: Towards a Differentiated Communication Strategy, Talking Turkey II-IAI-TEPAV Project, Rome, Istituto Affari Internazıonali, 2008
• Take a look: http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/index_en.htm

Soli ÖZEL, İstanbul Bilgi University, Department of International Relations

1. Diversification of Turkish Foreign Policy and its Implications for Turkey’s Relations with the EU
• Meliha Benlu, Altunışık. “Worldviews and Turkish Foreign Policy in the Middle East”. New Perspectives on Turkey No: 40, (Spring 2009): 171-195
• Kirisci, Kemal. “The Transformation of Turkish Foreign Policy: The Rise of the Trading State”. New Perspectives on Turkey No: 40, (Spring 2009): 29-59
• Ozcan, Gencer. “Facing its Waterloo inDiplomacy: Turkey’s Military in the Foreign”. New Perspectives on Turkey No: 40, (Spring 2009): 85-105
• Bilgin, Pınar. “Securing Turkey Through Western-Oriented Foreign Policy”. New Perspectives on Turkey No: 40, (Spring 2009): 105-127

2. Turkey’s Domestic Reform Trajectory: The Scope for Diversity

Samim AKGÖNÜL, Assoc. Professor, Strasbourg University and Galatasaray University

1. Migrants and Descendents from Turkey in France: Behaviour and Discourse towards Turkey's Accession to the EU
• Akgönül, Samim (2009) ‘Turks of France: Religion, Identity and Europeanness’ in Küçükcan Talip, Güngör Veyis (ed), Turks in Europe: Culture, Identity, Integration, Amsterdam, Turkevi, p. 35-64.
• Aksoy, Asu ( ) ‘The Possibilities of Transnational Turkish television’
• Kirişci, Kemal (2008) ‘Three Way Approach’ to Meeting the Challenges of Migrant Incorporation in the European Union: Reflections from a Turkish Perspective, CARİM Research Reports 2008/03, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, San Domenico di Fiersole: European University Institute.
• Kaya, Ayhan (2005) ‘European Union, Europeanness and Euro-Turks. Hyphenated and multiple identities’ in Eurozine.
• Manco Ural, (2000) ‘Turks in Europe: From a garbled image to the complexity of migrant social reality’ in N.K. Burçoglu (ed), The image of Turk in Europe from the Declaration of the Republic in 1923 to the 1990’s, The İsis Press, Istanbul, pp21-35.

Senem AYDIN, İstanbul Bilgi University, European Institute and Department of International Relations

1. National Identity in Europe and Turkish Accession: Cases of France, Germany and the UK

2. Discursive Construction of European Identity in the EU’s Relations with Turkey: The Case of the European Institutions
• Tocci, Nathalie (2008) ‘Unpacking European Disccourses: Conditionality, Impact and Prejudice in EU-Turkey Relations’ in Nathalie Tocci (ed), Conditionality, Impact and Prejudice in EU-Turkey Relations, IAI-TEPAV Project, Quaderni Istituto Affari Internazıonali, p. 7-33.
• Diez, Thomas (2004) ‘Europe’s Others and the Return of Geopolitics, Cambridge Review of International Affairs, Volume 17, Number 2.

Aslı Tunç, İstanbul Bilgi University, Vice Dean of the School of Communications

1.Why Aren’t We There Yet?: Turkey’s Media Debates and Challenges Lying Ahead in the EU Process
• Commission of the European Union (CEU) (2008): Commission Staff Working Document: Turkey 2008 Progress Report. Brussels: CEU.
• Tunç, Aslı (2004) ‘Faustian Acts in Turkish Style: Structural Change in National Newspapers as an Obstacle to Quality Journalism in 1990-2003’ in Quality Press in Southeastern Europe, Orlin Spassov (ed.) SOEM 2, Sofia pp.3006-323.
• Konrad Adenauer Foundation (2007) ‘Media and Democracy Report. Turkey’
• Christensen Christian, (2007) ‘Breaking the news. Concentration of ownership, the fall of unions and government legislation in Turkey’ Global Media and Communication Volume3(2):179-199
• Bek, Mine Gencel (2004) ‘Research Note: Tabloidization of News Media. An Analysis of Television News in turkey’ European Journal of Communication Volume 19(3): 371-386.
• Kubicek, Paul (2005) ‘The European Union and Grassroots Democratization in Turkey’ Turkish Studies Vol. 6, 361-377.
• Çatalbaş Dilruba (2007) ‘Freeedom of press and Broadcasting’ in Human Rights in Turkey by Zehra Arat, UPenn Publications, pp.19-35.
• US Department of State, (2009) ‘2008 Human Rights Report: Turkey’

Özge Onursal, İstanbul Bilgi University, Department of International Relations

1. Situating Turkey in Europe: A Historical Perspective

2. Debates on Europeanisation
• Onursal Özge, Capan Zeynep Gulsah (2007) ‘Situating Turkey within the European Union’ Perspectives on European Politics and Society, Vol. 8, N1, 98-108

Deniz Mc Donald, Central European University, Budapest

1. Lessons Learnt? : The Use(s) of EU Conditionality in Central and Eastern Europe and Turkey
• Epstein, Rachel A. and Sedelmeier, Ulrich (2008) ‘Beyond conditionality: international institutions in postcommunist Europe after enlargement’, Journal of European Public Policy, 15:6,795-805
• Schimmelfennig, Franck (2008) ‘EU political accession conditionality after the 2004 enlargement: consistency and effectiveness’, Journal of European Public Policy, 15:6,918-937.
• EU Enlargement Strategy and Main Challenges 2006 - 2007 (including annexed special report on the EU's capacity to integrate new members) available at, http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/pdf/key_documents/2006/nov/com_649_strategy_paper_en.pdf.

Laurent VINATIER, Sciences Po Paris-Centre for International Studies and Research

1. Turkish – Russian Energy Politics and its Impact on the EU

Readings:

• The Nabucco Project and Turkey (2009), Tuncay Babali, Counselor, Turkish Embassy, Conference at Center for Strategic and International Studies.
• http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=167995