1st Edition
Turkey and the European Union Facing New Challenges and Opportunities
Introduction¸ Firat Cengiz and Lars Hoffmann 1. European Union, Turkey and the Cyprus Problem: The Failure of a Catalyst, George Kyris 2. The Cyrpus Issue and Turkey's Accession Negotiations: Catalyst Effect or Gordian Knot?, Nikos Skoutaris 3. The Cyprus Challenge in the Turkey-EU Relations: Heading Towards the Defining Moment?, Ahmet Sözen 4. The Arab Spring and Regional Integration: Can the EU and Turkey Cooperate?, Kemal Kirişci 5. Turkey In Progress – Foreign Policy, Geopolitics and Democracy, Emidio Diodato 6. Explaining The Rise of Euroscepticism in the Turkish Political Elite, Seçkin Bariş Gülmez 7. Free Movement of Turkish Citizens after Soysal Judgement, Gözde Kaya 8. AKP’s Shifting Support for EU Accession: Secular Constraints, Organizational Capacities and Religious Ideas, Beken Saatçioğlu and Arolda Elbasani 9. Rethinking Conditionality: Gender Equality and the Kurdish Issue in Turkey’s EU Accession Framework, Firat Cengiz 10. The Domestic Effects of Turkey’s EU Accession Negotiations: A Missed Opportunity For Europe?, Joerg Baudner 11. The EU and Political Reform in Turkey: Moving Beyond Conditionality, Paul Kubicek Conclusions, Firat Cengiz and Lars Hoffmann Epilogue, Firat Cengiz
Biography
Firat Cengiz is Lecturer in Law, and Marie Curie Fellow at the University of Liverpool, School of Law and Social Justice. Her other publications include ‘Antitrust Federalism in the EU and the US’ (Routledge, 2012).
Lars Hoffmann is Assistant Professor at the International and European Law Department of Maastricht University. His primary research interests are in European governance, executive – parliamentary relations and accountability. His other publications include ‘Parliaments and Governments’ (Hart Publishing, forthcoming in 2013).






