THE INFLUENCE OF THE 1993 COPENHAGEN AND 1999 HELSINKI SUMMITS ON TURKEY-EU RELATIONS
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https://doi.org/10.46991/jos.2026.29.1.116Keywords:
Turkey, European Union, summit, international relations, geopolitics, historyAbstract
The new geopolitical situation that arose as a result of the collapse of the bipolar world order led to significant changes in Turkey's foreign policy. On the one hand, the collapse of the USSR weakened Turkey's importance as the West's main partner on the southern borders of the USSR, on the other hand, the new geopolitical situation and the power vacuum in the region that arose as a result of the disappearance of the second pole created new opportunities for Turkey. It is no coincidence that in the late 1980s and early 1990s, unprecedented activity was recorded in Turkey to radically revise its domestic and foreign policies and attempt to implement them. Turning to Turkey-EU relations, it is worth noting that in parallel with the new directions of foreign policy, Turkey continued to maintain active relations with the Union in the 1990s, seeking to complete the long process of membership.
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