The Eu Effect — Aziz Tuncer Hakan Demir

In Turkey there are numerous academical works related to the relations between European Union and Turkey The EU has been on the agenda of Turkish political and social life both on positive and negative aspects Turkish academicians generally prefer to emphasize the uniqueness of Turkish EU relations However when the related literature in Central and Southeastern Europe is studied it is easily perceived that these countries also experience similar patterns of relation In order to point out similar experiences in this book we wanted to gather some articles from Central and Southeastern Europe especially from the countries which became members of the EU after 2004 Becuase we thought the understanding of common patterns rather than uniquness would pave the way for sharing experiences and possibly could help to blossom a common platform Based upon this idea as a starting point we began to communicate with academicians and asked them whether they were able to contribute for this Project Thanks to the their interest and kindness they accepted to take part in the project by means of their articles Colleagues from Poland Czechia Hungary Slovenia Romania Croatia Slovakia and Turkey created this book with their great contributions We hope that this book could be useful source for academicians and students both from Turkey and Central and Southeastern Europe What s more to provide a platform for future cooperation and encourage further common works is our expectation On this occasion we thank to all authors for their cooperation and contribution