Publication

This Discussion Paper was prepared for a seminar on EU-Turkey relations during the Spanish EU Presidency, held in Barcelona during Spain’s six-month term in the first half of 2010. As such, it aims to contribute to the debate on Turkey’s accession process, particularly during the Spanish presidency. It divides the subject of Turkish-EU relations into four chapters: EU-Turkey relations, reforms in Turkey, Turkey’s foreign policy in the Middle East and Caucasus and bilateral relations under the Presidency. This will enable the following questions to be addressed: Turkey’s progress towards accession; the role it can play in its neighbourhood and beyond and how Spain can help integrate Turkey into the EU.