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Publication Metadata only Comparing public attitudes on EU membership in candidate countries: the cases of Croatia, Macedonia and Turkey from 2004 to 2011(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2016) Department of International Relations; N/A; Çarkoğlu, Ali; Glüpker-Kesebir, Gitta; Faculty Member; PhD Student; Department of International Relations; College of Administrative Sciences and Economics; Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; 125588; N/APast enlargements of the European Union (EU) have demonstrated that public attitudes on European integration can influence the course of accession processes. Beyond the literature on public EU support in member states and former candidates, the dynamics that shape public attitudes on EU membership within recent candidate countries have not been systematically examined. Analysing nine Eurobarometer (EB) surveys from 2004 to 2011, we argue that evaluations of EU membership in Croatia, Macedonia and Turkey are shaped by utilitarian considerations, belief in various political institutions as well as the fear of losing national identity. The economic crisis of 2008 has changed public opinion towards EU membership in all three countries, but Turkey appears to have been affected the most compared to Croatia and Macedonia.Publication Metadata only Effectiveness of EU conditionality in the western Balkans: minority rights and the fight against corruption in Croatia and Macedonia(University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES), 2013) Glüpker-Kesebir, Gitta; PhD Student; Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; N/AEU candidate countries must prove their respect for democracy and the rule of law to be eligible for EU membership. The Commission administers their accession processes following the principle of conditionality. This paper examines how domestic conditions and different aspects of the conditionality principle affect policy outcomes. It reviews the arguments made in the literature on EU conditionality and applies them to the policy areas of minority rights and the fight against corruption in Croatia and Macedonia. Both countries have been subjected to the Commission's conditionality while their democratic achievements differ substantially. Thereby, the two countries offer a fruitful ground to evaluate the lessons drawn from the 2004-07 enlargement. While previous studies have remained quite unclear about the relative importance of domestic and EU-related determinants of effective conditionality, I argue that domestic influences vary strongly across the researched policy areas. In comparison, the political-legal instruments of the Commission show clear impacts on policies in candidate countries. Material incentives offered by the EU are only effective within the early phases of the accession process.Publication Metadata only Is Islam the solution? comparing Turkish Islamic and secular thinking toward ethnic and religious minorities(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2016) Department of International Relations; Somer, Murat; Glüpker-Kesebir, Gitta; Faculty Member; PhD Student; Department of International Relations; College of Administrative Sciences and Economics; Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; 110135; N/ACan Islamic political actors manage ethnic diversity better than secular political actors? From Muslim Brothers to ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and Syria), Islamists with very different orientations have long claimed that they can "absorb and resolve ethnic conflicts on the basis of Muslim unity and brotherhood." 1 In short, they assert that "Islam is the solution." At first sight validating these claims, Turkey's ruling pro-Islamic Justice and Development Party (AKP) has presided over major initiatives to resolve the country's long-festering Kurdish conflict. It launched major legal-political reforms and an ongoing peace process with the Kurdistan Workers Party ( PKK). These initiatives have been undermined by developments in neighboring Iraq and Syria; ambiguities of vision, trust and commitment on both sides; and cycles of government oppression and PKK militancy. Nevertheless, the government's bold steps and the limited yet unprecedented cultural and educational rights it has secured have led many observers to conclude that Turkish Islamists have more ideological potential to successfully manage ethnic diversity than their secular counterparts.Publication Metadata only Women’s rights in Turkey and the European Union accession process: German media perspectives(Routledge, 2016) N/A; Glüpker-Kesebir, Gitta; PhD Student; Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; N/AThe German public debate on Turkey’s European Union (EU) membership revolves considerably around questions of cultural differences. One way to better understand the dynamics of this debate is to analyze German media coverage of women’s rights in Turkey, a contentious issue in this debate. This article investigates how four German newspapers and magazines portray women’s rights in Turkey. Contrary to earlier studies that point at biases and stereotypes in German media portrayals of Turkish women living in Germany and of Turks in general, this study finds that the media reflect the diversity of the women’s rights issue, by the headscarf topic and problems of women in their families. Instead, they also cover the position of women in the wider public and the legal reforms that have taken place in Turkey since the late 1990s. Although progress is the most frequent tendency indicated in the press reports, the women’s rights developments are only linked in a quarter of all reports to the EU accession process.