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  • This article aims to contribute to the discussion on Turkish accession to the EU, asking the famous question ‘Why not Turkey?’ the other way around. ‘Why not EU?’ is the emerging question, as the alienation of Turkish government and public opinion from the EU membership objective requires urgent intellectual and political engagement. This article discusses political developments pushing Turkey away from the EU, and it explores the social and historical dynamics behind the rapidly changing Turkish public opinion. The Gramscian concept of ‘common sense’ is used to analyse the complex and contradictory tendencies within the Turkish public opinion, which has oscillated between very enthusiastic support and strong alienation. The analysis is supported by Eurobarometer data, which reveal the antinomies of initial support for EU membership between 2001 and 2004. The article also provides a new perspective for understanding the resonance of the new foreign policy approach of Turkey and the AKP's (Justice and Development Party) new tone with Turkish public opinion through the concept of common sense. In doing this, it relates the disintegration of the EU membership project with the rise of the AKP's hegemony, which has neutralized it not by an exclusionary nationalism but through an inclusionary articulation. (xsd:string)
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  • First published online: July 16, 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14782804.2015.1056726. (Eurobarometer) (xsd:string)
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  • 10.1080/14782804.2015.1056726 ()
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  • Why Not EU? Dynamics of the Changing Turkish Attitudes Towards EU Membership (xsd:string)
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  • In Journal of Contemporary European Studies, 24(1), 149-170, 2016 (xsd:string)
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