ABSTRACT
This chapter explains the impact of the European Union (EU) and Turkey's EU membership process on Turkish education structures and policy since 1998, when the European Commission started to publish regular reports on the progress of Turkey in integrating into the EU. It assesses Turkey's asymmetrical position and misfits vis-a-vis the Union and uncover the dynamics and mechanisms of Europeanization and their effects on Turkey's education system and policy. The chapter focuses on various primary and secondary sources such as Progress Reports prepared by the Commission and decrees of the Ministry of National Education (MoNE), and Head Council of Education and Morality. It explores adaptation pressures and the outcomes of the asymmetrical process of transference of arrangements, norms, standards and structures from the EU level to the candidate state level. The chapter also explores the patterns of EU-induced institutional and policy change in the Turkish education system.
