Shaping Gender Policy in Turkey by Gül Aldıkaçtı Marshall

Author:Gül Aldıkaçtı Marshall [Marshall, Gül Aldıkaçtı]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Social Science, Sociology, General
ISBN: 9781438447711
Google: UfAFAAAAQBAJ
Publisher: SUNY Press
Published: 2013-07-01T05:40:49+00:00

Verheugen’s remarks about Turkey underline the fact that the EU considers the democracy, rule of law, respect for human rights and the protection of minority rights as values intrinsic to Europe and being European. Turkey as a “Muslim outsider” is expected to adapt to these “European values.” His remarks also indicate the significance of the 1993 Copenhagen Summit during which upholding human rights emerged as an official stipulation to be satisfied by members and candidate countries. Arıkan (2006) documents that the EU did not have this stipulation in its original conception and did not focus on it until the 1980s, gradually increasing its pressure on states since the late 1980s. The EU’s criticism of Turkey’s human rights and democratization record considerably intensified after its application for membership in 1987. Particularly after 1993, Turkey’s lingering status as a candidate was tied by the EU to satisfying not only economic conditions, but also political conditions. It was in this process of complying with the political conditionality that new gender equality measures were implemented by Turkey.1

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