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Turkey and the EU: A ‘new’ European identity in the making?

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  • Ingrid Kylstad

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This paper conducts an ontological inquiry into the identity of the European Union, and seeks to establish whether its core identity is of a cultural or political nature through looking at the debate generated by Turkey’s application for EU membership. The concepts of ‘the other’, the nation-state and a secularism rooted in Christianity contributes towards a peculiar culturalist understanding of the EU project both on the left and on the right side of the political spectrum. The debate also demonstrates that there is a gap between what the EU ought to be judging from its fundamental documents, and what kind form of the EU ‘Europe’ is ready for. The liberal idea of the EU being a purely political union based on Kantian ideals will require a whole new language for talking about Europe.

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  • Ingrid Kylstad, 2010. "Turkey and the EU: A ‘new’ European identity in the making?," Europe in Question Discussion Paper Series of the London School of Economics (LEQs) 7, London School of Economics / European Institute.
    • Handle: RePEc:erp:leqsxx:p0027
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    Turkey; European identity; enlargement;
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