Resilient Europhilism: Turkish civil society in an era of Euroscepticism and crises
INNOVATION-THE EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH, cilt.39, ss.386-411, 2026 (SSCI, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 39
- Basım Tarihi: 2026
- Doi Numarası: 10.1080/13511610.2025.2530492
- Dergi Adı: INNOVATION-THE EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Educational research abstracts (ERA), Geobase, Index Islamicus, Political Science Complete, Public Affairs Index, Social Sciences Abstracts
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.386-411
- Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
This article examines the responses of pro-European civil society organizations (CSOs) in T & uuml;rkiye to the evolving dynamics of European integration and EU-T & uuml;rkiye relations in the post-2010 context, which is characterized by rising Euroscepticism, declining impact of EU conditionality, and regression in Turkish reforms. By employing semi-structured interviews with professional elites from pro-European civil society organizations, this study investigates how these actors demonstrate resilience in maintaining their pro-European stance despite geopolitical fluctuations and the multifaceted crises encountered by the EU. The article outlines the challenges faced by pro-European CSOs within a Eurosceptic environment, explores their perceptions of European crises, and explains their views on T & uuml;rkiye-EU relations and the future of Europe. In doing so, it contributes to the literature on pro-European movements by analysing Europhile resilience in non-EU contexts and enriches the scholarship on pro-European activism in the European periphery during the EU's ongoing polycrisis.