TY - JOUR
T1 - Zooming into the ‘Domestic’ in Europeanization: Promotion of Fight against Corruption and Minority Rights in Turkey
AU - Yilmaz, Gozde
AU - Soyaltin Colella, Digdem
N1 - Acknowledgements
We would like to thank Thomas Diez, Tanja Börzel and two anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments on earlier versions of this paper.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Since the credibility of the European Union (EU) conditionality for Turkey has significantly weakened after 2005, compliance with the EU requirements has become less likely. However, we observe continuing reforms in the fight against corruption and minority rights, which is rather puzzling. Given the limited impact of the EU incentives, this paper brings back the ‘domestic’ into the analysis by exploring the role of various domestic actors, such as Turkish state elites, civil society and the media. Yet, as the empirical evidence suggests, policy change in the fight against corruption and minority rights has been driven by the domestic agenda of the governing party, the Justice and Development Party, and its political preferences based on strategic calculations.
AB - Since the credibility of the European Union (EU) conditionality for Turkey has significantly weakened after 2005, compliance with the EU requirements has become less likely. However, we observe continuing reforms in the fight against corruption and minority rights, which is rather puzzling. Given the limited impact of the EU incentives, this paper brings back the ‘domestic’ into the analysis by exploring the role of various domestic actors, such as Turkish state elites, civil society and the media. Yet, as the empirical evidence suggests, policy change in the fight against corruption and minority rights has been driven by the domestic agenda of the governing party, the Justice and Development Party, and its political preferences based on strategic calculations.
U2 - 10.1080/19448953.2013.864181
DO - 10.1080/19448953.2013.864181
M3 - Article
VL - 16
SP - 11
EP - 29
JO - Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies
JF - Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies
SN - 1944-8953
IS - 1
ER -