New approaches to conditionality in EU-Turkey relations: Assessing the role of irregular migration



Document title: New approaches to conditionality in EU-Turkey relations: Assessing the role of irregular migration
Journal: OASIS (Bogotá)
Database: CLASE
System number: 000537986
ISSN: 1657-7558
Authors: 1
Institutions: 1Sabanci University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Estambul. Turquía
Year:
Season: Jul-Dic
Number: 39
Pages: 123-143
Country: Colombia
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Analítico, descriptivo
Spanish abstract Este artículo explora la dinámica cambiante de las relaciones entre la UE y Turquía en el contexto de la migración irregular. Histórica-mente, la Unión Europea ha empleado la con-dicionalidad como herramienta política para influir en las decisiones políticas de Turquía y en su legislación nacional para alinearla con las normas de la UE. Sin embargo, la búsque-da por parte de la UE de la prevención de la migración irregular y la reconfiguración de su cooperación con Turquía de este modo ha pro-vocado cambios significativos en su relación bilateral. Además, cada vez hay más literatura sobre cómo la cooperación de la UE con ter-ceros países para la “gestión de la migración” ha dado lugar a la instrumentalización de la migración irregular y ha invertido la condicio-nalidad contra la UE por parte de estos países, incluida Turquía..
English abstract This article explores the evolving dynam-ics of EU-Turkey relations in the context of irregular migration. The European Union has historically employed conditionality as a political tool to influence Turkey’s policy de-cisions and national legislation in alignment with EU standards. However, the EU’s quest for the prevention of irregular migration and re-shaping its cooperation with Turkey in this manner has brought significant changes in their bilateral relationship. Moreover, there is a growing body of literature on how the EU’s cooperation with third countries for “migration management” has resulted in the instrumentalization of irregular migration and reversed the conditionality against the EU by these countries, including Turkey.Based on a comprehensive analysis of policy documents and academic literature, this article identifies how the EU’s and Turkey’s re-sponses to the irregular migration have created a complex interplay and affected the nature of bilateral cooperation, which raises questions about the continuity of the EU’s condition-ality on Turkey. Further, it critically explores the newly created concept of “reversed condi-tionality”. This article claims that the concept of “reversed conditionality” is a reductionist approach to EU conditionality mechanism to a shift in bargaining power in EU-Turkey relations
Disciplines: Relaciones internacionales
Keyword: Política internacional,
Europa,
Turquía,
Unión Euroasiática,
Migración irregular,
Relaciones bilaterales,
Política migratoria,
Asilo
Full text: https://revistas.uexternado.edu.co/index.php/oasis/article/view/9096/15160