Uluslararası İlişkiler Dergisi
Yazarlar: Kemal KİRİŞCİ
Konular:Sosyal
Anahtar Kelimeler:Turkey,European Union,Immigration,SchengVisa System,European Neighborhood Policy
Özet: In this paper, it is argued that Turkey's geographical location, accompanied by the extensive commercial, cultural and social relations that have developed since the end of the Cold War between Turkey and immediate neighbourhood, provides an opportunity for the EU to consider formulating a more flexible Schengen visa policy that can also be in harmony with efforts to develop the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP). Such a policy can also ease the economic and political costs of Turkey's integration into the EU. This need not necessarily lead to compromising security and border control. A modified and better calibrated Turkish visa regime that is able to adjust itself to the lessons of the Turkish experience could become a pillar of that bridgebuilding effort and hence of the ENP too.