Europeanization and Change in Turkey Security Discourse (Case Study: Normalization of Turkey–Armenia Relations)

Mofidi Ahmadi, Hossein; Zakerian, Mahdi

doi:10.22059/jcep.2015.54964

Europeanization and Change in Turkey Security Discourse (Case Study: Normalization of Turkey–Armenia Relations)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Hossein Mofidi Ahmadi ¹

Mahdi Zakerian ²

¹ PhD of International Relations, Department of International Relations, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran

² Assistant Professor of International Relations, Department of International Relations, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran

10.22059/jcep.2015.54964

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the changes in Turkey's Security Discourse in process of Turkey's accession to European Union. It seems that Europeanization of Turkey is one of the most important factors in the change of its security discourse. Turkey's political and security language has been changed and, in this country, we are witnessing a new political and social contract that leads to a normalization process. Among other reasons, process of desecuritization is the result of the European Union accession process and concomitant events, a transformation of the political landscape, and the Compliance with EU norms. Within this process of desecuritization formerly securitized issues have perceived as normal political issues. To test this hypothesis, the authors with use of Europeanization literature compared with the security discourse in Turkey before and after the start of the new millennium, try to evaluate the normalization of Armenian issue and Turkey– Armenia relations in the framework of this discursive change.

Keywords

AKP Party

Desecuritization

Europeanization

European Union

Securitization

Turkey

Turkey– Armenia Relations

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