The Impact of Brexit Together with Other Internal and External Factors to the EU

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The Impact of Brexit Together with Other Internal and External Factors to the EU – Turkey Relationship

Journal Title: Researcher: Social Science Studies - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 4

Abstract

The European Union, representing more than 500 million people and running the biggest single market in the world, has had to deal with several internal crises such as Euro crisis, rising populism, and most surprisingly Brexit event as well as external problems such as international terrorism and refugee crisis. These internal and external crises have affected not only the member states’ views about the beneficial role of the EU membership but also the candidate countries’ approach towards the EU such as Turkey. For some, the Brexit event should be seen as a turning point to evaluate the long lasting relationship between Turkey and the EU. The three scenarios “conflict, cooperation and convergence” discussed by Yabanci (2016) are mentioned as the most probable scenarios for the prospective EU-Turkey relationship. In this article, the historical relationships between the EU and the UK and the EU and Turkey are shortly stated. Afterwards, some internal and external problems both the EU and Turkey has been dealing with are briefly mentioned. The three scenarios for future Turkey-EU relationships are discussed and the prospective impacts of each scenario are pointed out.

Authors and Affiliations

Canan UZUNTAŞ

EP ID EP310442
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