Interview with Dr. Armagan Emre Cakir on Turkey-EU Relations
Dr Armağan Emre Çakır is assistant professor at the European Union Institute of Marmara University, Istanbul. He is the chairperson of the Department of Politics and International Relations of the European Union. His research focuses on theories of European integration, and EU?Turkey relations.
CHANGING TURKEY: Dear Dr. Armagan E. Cakir, could you tell us a bit about your recent/forthcoming publications? In particular, could you talk about your recent edited volume ?Fifty Years of EU-Turkey Relations: A Sisyphean Story? published by Routledge?
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