Görüntüleme: 610

Fuat Aksu, "Ege ve Kıbrıs Sorunlarının Çözümünde Avrupa Birliği'nin Tutumu", Stratejik Araştırmalar Dergisi, Yıl 2, Sayı 3, Şubat 2004, ss. 103-132.

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Türkiye ve Yunanistan arasında uyuşmazlık olarak değerlendirilen ve olası bir sıcak çatışma riskini barındıran konular sadece bu ülkeleri değil aynı zamanda ittifak ilişkisi içerisinde oldukları ülke ve örgütleri de yakından ilgilendirmektedir. Bu bağlamda, Türkiye’nin Yunanistan ile ilişkilerinde ve sorunların çözümünde AB’yi ve AB etkisini nasıl değerlendireceği önemli bir konudur. Türkiye ve Yunanistan arasındaki uyuşmazlık konularından Ege Denizi’ne ilişkin olanlar ve Kıbrıs sorunu, AB’nin yaklaşımlarını gözlemlemek açısından önemli bir yer tutmaktadır. AB’nin Yunanistan’ın yanında yer alarak Türkiye-Yunanistan dengesinde koşulluluk yaratması, asimetrik bir rol oynaması ise, sonuçta, iki ülke arasındaki stratejik dengenin bozulmasına yol açmaktadır. Bu durum sonuçta hem iki ülke arasındaki uyuşmazlıkların giderilmesini hem de Türkiye ile AB arasındaki ilişkileri zora sokmaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler : “Kıbrıs”, “Avrupa Birliği”, “Türk-Yunan Dengesi”, “Asimetrik Denge”

EU’S APPROACHES ON THE RESOLUTION OF THE AEGEAN AND CYPRUS PROBLEMS

Abstract

The issues that are assessed as a disagreement between Turkey and Greece and that include a probable hot conflict risk concern not only these countries but also other countries and organizations with which these countries have an ally relationship. In this context, the evaluation will be made by Turkey with respect to EU and EU effect is a very important subject for her relationships with Greece and for finding solutions to the existing problems.  As to the observation of the approaches of EU, the problems related to the Aegean Sea and the Cyprus problem takes a very crucial position. EU takes its place on the side of Greece and this attitude creates conditionality and by playing an asymmetric role EU causes unbalance in the strategic relationship between the two countries. As a conclusion, this situation makes both the elimination of the problems between the two countries and the relationships between EU  and Turkey more difficult.   

Key Words : “Cyprus”, “European Union”, “Turkish-Greek Balance”, “Assymetric Balance”

Görüntüleme: 627

Fuat Aksu,"Turkish-Greek Relations and the Cyprus Question: Quo Vadis?" UNISCI Discussion Papers, Nº 23 (May / Mayo 2010), pp. 207-223.

Abstract:
It can be claimed that the most disruptive factor in the intransigent relations between Turkey and Greece is the absence of a platform for dialogue and negotiation where constructive relations might be developed. The efforts made towards dialogue and negotiation, initiated from time to time, were inadequate given the absence of trust and security between the two countries. The process of moderate dialogue and confidence building measures initiated after the crisis of the 1990s created the basis for the bilateral détente in 1999. During this period, once the EU conferred candidate status on Turkey, the questions between Turkey and Greece were moved from the traditional sphere to the European platform. In other words, relations and disputes were “Europeanized”. In the post-1999 period, bilateral relations were developed under the axis of conditionality and Europeanization. Even though this situation created an appropriate basis for the development of dialogue and cooperation, it was not able to mark an improvement in solving the fundamental questions. In particular, the acceptance of the Greek Cypriots into the European Union despite their rejection of the Annan Plan altered the balance against Turkish Cypriots and Turkey, and thus Turkish criticism of the European Union increased. The détente process reinforced the opinion that it was possible to live with the over-securitized problems of the past and increase the level of tolerance in bilateral realtions. However, tense relations which the “European anchor” can prevent at present might take shape in the foreseeable future, if the European Union cannot provide full membership to Turkey.

Keywords: Turkish – Greek relations, Cyprus, Détente, Europeanization.

Görüntüleme: 586

Fuat Aksu, “Preservation of Demilitarised Status of the Aegean Islands For National Security of Turkey”, Turkish Review of Balkan Studies, Annual 2002.

Görüntüleme: 557

Fuat Aksu, “Turkish – Greek Relations: From Conflict to Détente the Last Decade”, Turkish Review of Balkan Studies, Annual 2001.