Information Package / Course Catalogue
History of Turkey-European Union Relations
Course Code: TAR464
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

The aims of the History of Turkey-European Union Relations course are to understand the historical development of Turkey-European Union Relations, to examine the political and economic context of these relations, to analyze legislation and agreements, to examine the attitudes of societies towards these relations, to make predictions about strategic goals, to follow the historical process to follow current developments. Making sense is among the other aims of this course.

Course Content

The history of Türkiye-EU relations will be discussed. In this context, the Ankara agreement, the Additional Protocol and the Customs Union decision will be examined in detail. In addition, it will be determined how Turkey will adapt to common policies. Therefore, the reforms that Turkey has made and should make in the process leading to full membership are the subject of this course. In this context, Accession Partnership Documents, National Programs, Progress Reports and Constitution and harmonization packages will be subject to detailed examination.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.to learn EU recent history
2.understand the EU's international politic and economic status
3.understand EU's main relation with Turkey
4.understand politic, socio-cultural and economic relation with Turkey
5.To analyze the content of the European Union concept.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.A. Ömer Pehlivanlıoğlu, Sevr, Lozan Antlaşmaları ve Avrupa Birliği, Kastaş Yayınları, İstanbul 2005.
2.Ali Arslan, Efendi ve Uşak-Avrupa Birliği-Türkiye İlişkileri-, İdil Yayıncılık, Ankara 2013.
3.Erdem Turgan, Avrupa Birliği Kuruluşu, Organları ve Ekonomik Boyutu, Kriter Basım Yayın Dağıtım, İstanbul 2023.
4.Itır Aladağ Görentaş-Pelin Sönmez, Avrupa Birliği-Türkiye İlişkilerinde Normatif Dönüşüm, Beta Basım Yayım, İstanbul 2024.
5.İbrahim S. Canbolat, Avrupa Birliği ve Türkiye, Ekin Kitabevi Yayınları, Bursa 2023.
6.Metin Erksan, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Devletinin Avrupa Topluluğu Üyesi Olmak Hakkı ve İsteğinin Tarihi Kaynakları, İstanbul 1991.
7.Metin Erksan, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Devletinin Avrupa Topluluğu Üyesi Olmak Hakkı ve İsteğinin Tarihi Kaynakları, İstanbul 1991.
8.Murat Aktaş, Avrupa Birliği ve Türkiye, Dora Yayınları, Bursa 2019.
9.Nurettin Bilici, Türkiye- Avrupa Birliği İlişkileri (Genel Bilgiler, İktisadi - Mali Konular, Vergilendirme), Ankara 2008.
10.Sevda Yapraklı, Ekonomik Bütünleşme Avrupa Birliği ve Türkiye, Efe Akademi Yayınları, İstanbul, 2024.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
EU's concept and resources
Week 2 - Theoretical
EU law system and departments
Week 3 - Theoretical
EU monetary integration
Week 4 - Theoretical
The process of EU-Turkey relation
Week 5 - Theoretical
EU’s Cyprus and Balkan policy
Week 6 - Theoretical
EU and Turkey
Week 7 - Theoretical
Making politics in EU departments
Week 8 - Theoretical
EU’s Middle East and Mediterranean policy
Week 9 - Theoretical
EU external relation; Turkey’s position and dispute
Week 10 - Theoretical
After cold war EU-Soviet relation: Turkey’s new political position
Week 11 - Theoretical
EU enlargement and conflicts
Week 12 - Theoretical
EU’s social and Identity policy
Week 13 - Theoretical
The issue of European security
Week 14 - Theoretical
Partipication, custom union and visa issue
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Assignment1%30
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%40
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141242
Assignment110212
Individual Work101120
Midterm Examination1011
Final Examination1011
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)76
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026