European Identity and Turkey’s Quest for the EU Membership

Engin I. Erdem

doi:10.1515/ipcj-2017-0022

Authors

Engin I. Erdem Department of Politics and International Relations, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1515/ipcj-2017-0022

Abstract

In the post-Single European Act period, debates around European identity have intensified, particularly in the context of EU enlargement. The EU’s move to being a supranational political entity in the past two decades has caused serious concerns in some sections of the elite and people across the EU member states. While French and Dutch rejections of the constitutional treaty set an important milestone, Turkey’s quest for the EU membership has complicated to a great extent controversies on European identity. The reviewed books here contribute to efforts to understand the extent to which European identity and Turkey’s bid for the EU membership has entangled. It is more likely to witness debates around both European identity and Turkey’s candidacy for the Union for many years to come; therefore, these books will more likely remain relevant for the academic and policy circles.

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Author Biography

Engin I. Erdem, Department of Politics and International Relations, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA

Ph.D. in the field of Political Science (Department of Politics and International Relations, Florida International University, Miami, USA). His Ph.D. thesis is entitled as European Integration and Democratic Consolidation: Spain, Poland, and Turkey in Comparative Perspective. He conducted field studies in the three countries for his doctoral dissertation. Dr. Erdem worked as assistant professor of International Relations at Abant Izzet Baysal University (Bolu, Turkey) for the period of 2012–2016. His research interests include IR theory, international security, foreign policy, Turkey–EU relations, and democratization. He also holds a master’s degree in Foreign Affairs (University of Virginia, USA).

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