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This thesis analyzes the past, present, and future trends of Turkish migration to the EU/EC in
the context of the EU membership and the free movement of workers. Today one of the
hottest debate in European circles is the impact of Turkey’s membership to the Community.
In this respect one question is arising that how many Turkish migrants [...]
Mar
26
This thesis analyzes the security implications of China’s rapid
economic growth which is possibly the most compelling issue in the
current international relations, by using the offensive realist
perspective. It is obvious that China’s economic growth is amazingly
rapid. With its expanding economy and growing military
capabilities, China will be inclined to be a real hegemon and thus,
will have a [...]
Mar
26
Higher Education in Europe, Quality Assurance, Accreditation, the Bologna Process,
University Autonomy.
The ultimate goal of this dissertation is to analyze the state of quality assurance in
Europe. A series of factors such as globalization, financial pressures and higher
education expansion are forcing the universities to change. University autonomy is
required in order to adapt efficiently. The ultimate consequence of [...]
Mar
26
The legitimacy crisis that the European Union (EU) is in today has become apparent in
the aftermath of the rejection of the Constitutional Treaty in mid 2005 by some member
states. The longstanding lack of democratic accountability in the EU decision making
mechanism is one of the major problems of the EU that has not yet been resolved. [...]
Mar
26
The main purpose of this study is to investigate the nature of FDI inflows into the economy of
Turkey, to analyze its development and various economic determinants, which govern its
levels and performances. For this purpose, we have firstly to examine exact reasons for
comparably low level of FDI in Turkey and secondly compare determinants of FDI in [...]
Mar
26
This thesis takes up the mantle of studying the Constitutional Treaty in the context of
European Integration. This work examines how constitutionalization affected the process
of European integration in relation to the democratic legitimacy of the European Union.
Albert O. Hirschman’s Exit, Voice and Loyalty paradigm is used to assess and define the
process of constitutionalization in the context [...]
Mar
26
This thesis analyzes the enforcement measures for the protection of intellectual property
rights in an international and regional framework. The challenges posed by the digital
technology; the difficulties faced by right holders, judiciary, public agencies, international and
regional organizations in the implementation stages will be discussed by referring to the legal
texts such as the TRIPS Agreement, the EU [...]
Mar
26
The objective of this thesis is to analyze whether the EU can be considered as
a ‘limited’ military/strategic actor or as a civilian actor in the Post-Cold War
international security architecture. In this framework, the impacts of the September
11 terrorist attacks and the US-led war in Iraq on the EU crisis management
capabilities areanalyzed more specifically. In this [...]
Mar
26
is observed that within the framework of this renewed significance of the Third
Basket and the notion of intercultural dialogue, there exist clear problems regarding
the issues of the politicisation and securitisation of the process, the representation of
cultural entities and the participation of civil society organisations.
To conclude, it is suggested that the independence of the Euro-Mediterranean
Foundation [...]
Mar
26
This thesis aims to analyse the implications of European Union (EU)
membership on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows to Turkey by applying a
comparative methodology. The effects of EU accession on FDI inflows to three
present member states, Ireland, Spain and Poland, is investigated in order to
draw conclusions for Turkish case. The attractiveness of each country in terms
of [...]
