ABSTRACT
This chapter identifies the nature and magnitude of the misfit between European and Turkish foreign policy, focusing on the European Union's (EU) requirements, the state of Turkish foreign affairs prior to candidate status, and the "goodness of fit" between the domestic status quo and the EU's general norms and principles in the area. It analyzes the processes of Europeanization, including the changing configuration of domestic costs and benefits. The chapter also identifies the outcome of the Europeanization process, specifically whether inertia, absorption, accommodation or transformation best characterizes the outcome. Concerning foreign policy, the significance of the process of Europeanization has been relatively modest and complemented as well as complicated by international, European and domestic Turkish factors. The misfit between European and Turkish foreign policy remains considerable, leaving ample space for Europeanization. The chapter argues that Europeanization is not on track, indeed that alternatives to the process of Europeanization exist, and the alternative merit attention.
