Erol KALKAN

THE LONGSTANDING DISPUTE BETWEEN TURKEY AND GREECE: THE AEGEAN ISSUE

Bu çalışmanın amacı, Türkiye'nin Yunanistan ile Ege anlaşmazlığı konusundaki uzun zamandır devam eden sorunlu ilişkilerini ve bu anlaşmazlığın Avrupa Birliği (AB)- Türkiye ilişkileri üzerindeki etkisini incelemektir. İlk olarak Ege meselesinin Yunanistan ve Türkiye ile AB ve Türkiye arasındaki temel sorunlardan biri olduğu tartışılmaktadır. Doğu Akdeniz'in kaynakları ve statüsü üzerinde artan tartışmalar nedeniyle, Türkler ve Yunanlılar arasında Ege ve Akdeniz denizleri üzerinde kendi hakimiyet bölgelerini kurma ve genişletme mücadelesi Yunanistan ile Türkiye ve Türkiye ile AB arasında temel bir sorun olmaya devam edeceği not edilmektedir. İkinci olarak, AB ile Türkiye arasındaki sorunlu ilişkilerin, AB'nin Türk-Yunan çatışmasına ve Türkiye'nin Ege ve Akdeniz'e yönelik politikaları üzerinde olumlu bir etkiye sahip olmasına engel teşkil ettiği öne sürülmektedir. Bu nedenle, AB-Türkiye ilişkilerinin kalitesi ve hızının Türkiye-Yunanistan arasında uzun zamandır devam eden anlaşmazlıkların çözümünde ve Türkiye’nin Ege ve Akdeniz meselelerine yönelik politikasının dönüşümünde belirleyici olacağı not edilmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler:

Türk dış politikası, Türkiye-Yunanıstan ilişkileri, Türkiye-AB ilişkileri, Ege sorunu

THE LONGSTANDING DISPUTE BETWEEN TURKEY AND GREECE: THE AEGEAN ISSUE

The aim of this paper is to investigate Turkey’s longstanding problematic relations with Greece regarding the Aegean dispute and the impact from this dispute on the EU-Turkey relations and vice-versa. İt argues that, first, the Aegean Sea issue is one of the main problems between Greece and Turkey as well as the European Union (EU) and Turkey. Due to the increasing debates over the sources and statues of Aegean Sea and East Mediterranean, the struggle between the Turks and Greeks to establish and extend their zones of jurisdiction over the Aegean and Mediterranean Seas maintain to be a fundamental issue between Greece and Turkey and the EU and Turkey. Second, the problematic relationship between the EU and Turkey prevents the EU from having a positive impact on the Turkish-Greek conflict as well as Turkey’s policy toward the Aegean issue. The quality and peace of EU-Turkey relations are and will be, therefore, determinant in the solution of this longstanding dispute between sides as well as the transformation of Turkey’s policy toward the Aegean issue.

Keywords:

Turkey's foreign policy, Turkey-Greece relations, Turkey-EU relations, Aegean issue,

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