EU and Turkey: Disagree on «Values» and Interpretation of Sovereignty

Abstract

The paper is focused on the causes of the growing tension between Ankara and Brussels with the impasse in the Turkey’s adherence negotiations. The author examines two groups of factors: the first is related to the Europeans’ estimations of the escalation of the authoritarian nature of the ruling regime in Ankara; the second is to do with the Turkey’s military operations in Northern Syria. The author explores the escalated issue for Ankara resulted from the contract with Russia pertaining to deliveries of the Russian S-400 systems. The main point of the study is that Russia should be prepared to any outcome over the S-400 deal while emphasizing the long term contracts of economic cooperation with Turkey like the Turkish gas stream and nuclear station construction.

Keywords

• turkey
• european union
• refugees
• s-400
• syria
• kurds
• russia