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European Union twinning projects and the Turkish police: Looking beyond Europeanization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 February 2016

Şerif Onur Bahçecik
Şerif Onur Bahçecik*
Affiliation:
Middle East Technical University, Department of International Relations
*
bahcecik@metu.edu.tr.
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Abstract

The literature of Europeanization claims that the EU transforms the politics of member and candidate countries through processes such as social learning and socialization. This article questions the emphasis of Europeanization studies on ideational factors by looking at the example of Turkey-EU relations. The reform projects undertaken jointly by the EU and the Turkish police show that the EU seeks to transform the practices of candidate country actors, rather than simply their ideas. Moreover, the candidate country actors are not only passive learners, but they also seek to modify the content of EU reforms according to their interests.

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Practice of human rightsEuropeanizationtorturepolicing in Turkey

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New Perspectives on Turkey , Volume 51 , Fall 2014 , pp. 69 - 96
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Copyright © New Perspectives on Turkey and Cambridge University Press 2014

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