| ID | 120760 |
| Title Proper | EU policy of the Republican People's Party under Kemal Kilicdaroglu |
| Other Title Information | a new wine in an old wine cellar |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Gulmez, Seckin Baris |
| Publication | 2013. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article scrutinizes the determinants of the European Union (EU) policy of the Republican People's Party (CHP), the main opposition party in Turkey under the leadership of Kiliçdaroglu. Critically discussing the role of party ideology concerning attitudes toward EU accession, the article examines whether the CHP's ideology changed after Kiliçdaroglu and if so, how this ideological shift affected the party's euroskeptic stance. The article overall argues that the leadership change enabled the party to withdraw its nationalistic stance and embrace a social democratic rhetoric. However, the article contends that such transformation had little effect on its euroskepticism due to the persisting endogenous (the Justice and Development Party's authoritarianism) and exogenous factors (the EU's additional conditionality) that constrain the new CHP's EU-enthusiasm. |
| `In' analytical Note | Turkish Studies Vol. 14, No.2; Jun 2013: p.311-328 |
| Journal Source | Turkish Studies Vol. 14, No.2; Jun 2013: p.311-328 |
| Key Words | European Union ; Republican People's Party ; Kilicdaroglu ; Ideology ; Social Democratic Rhetoric ; Euroskepticism ; Justice and Development Party ; Authoritarianism |