| ID | 174018 |
| Title Proper | Justifying privileged partnership with Turkey |
| Other Title Information | an analysis of debates in the European Parliament |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Türkeş-Kılıç, Selin |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This paper seeks to uncover what drives European Parliament (EP) discussions on a privileged partnership for Turkey. In line with Habermas’s Communicative Action Theory, it scrutinizes the justifications used by the Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) in the Plenary Sessions between 2005–2012, i.e. from the start of accession negotiations until the privileged partnership’s falling into disuse in EP discussions. The research reveals that the alleged benefits of privileged partnership in contrast to the costs of Turkey’s full membership constitute the backbone of the right-wing groups’ arguments whereas the objection to a privileged partnership is justified by MEPs from left-wing groups for being against the EU’s official commitments to Turkey. In disputing Turkey’s full membership, the members of the right-wing parties reconstruct a European identity in which Turkey is the constitutive other. |
| `In' analytical Note | Turkish Studies Vol. 21, No.1; Jan 2020: p.29-55 |
| Journal Source | Turkish Studies 2020-03 21, 1 |
| Key Words | Turkey ; Enlargement ; European Parliament ; Privileged Partnership ; Communicative Action Theory |