ABSTRACT

Our goal in this volume was to provide a retro-and prospective snapshot of Turkey-EU relations. The current stalemate in accession negotiations and its causes are well researched. Instead, we wanted to contribute to this existing literature by tackling the factors that shape the Turkey-EU relationship, the mutual benefits arising from closer co-operation to both sides of the relationship and the issues to be overcome in order to ameliorate the current low point in the relationship.