Security and migration: EU-Turkey relations under pressure?

Vammen, I. M. (Co-organizer)
Banke, C. F. S. (Co-organizer)
Jakob Lindgaard (Co-organizer)

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DIIS Seminar

Period	5 Oct 2017
Event type	Seminar
Organiser	Danish Institute for International Studies
Sponsor	Danish Institute for International Studies
Location	Copenhagen, DenmarkShow on map
Degree of Recognition	International

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Migration
Turkey-EU
Security

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Background Commenting on the recent fall-out between Turkey and Germany, French President Macron noted: “I want to avoid a split because Turkey is a vital partner in many crises that we all face, notably the immigration challenge and the terrorist threat.” No longer bound together by the pretense of shared values, perhaps, Turkey has come to play a key role as an indispensable interlocutor for Europe within the fields of security and migration. This DIIS Event will address the question of whether Turkey and the EU are sufficiently aligned on these two issues to prevent a complete fall-out. In the seminar’s first session we will focus on the security dimension of Europe’s uneasy relationship with Turkey. What is Europe to make of Turkey’s recent rapprochement with Russia and Iran? How are we to understand Europe’s and Turkey’s diverging security interests in Syria and Iraq? How should Europe respond to Turkey’s internationalized war on the Kurdish PKK and members of the Gülen network charged with masterminding the failed 15 July 2016 coup attempt? And finally, do we in fact see an emerging risk of a destabilized Turkey on Europe’s borders? In the seminar’s second session we will take stock of the EU-Turkey migration deal and discuss future scenarios and implications of the deal. From a European perspective, the deal is often celebrated as a success; it has put on hold the large inflow of refugees from Turkey to the European shores and is seen as a blue print for future EU-deals with third countries to keep migrants and refugees out of Europe. Yet, from a Turkish perspective the country now hosts more than 3.1 million predominantly Syrian refugees at a time where the country’s economy is weakened and democratic rule challenged. How politically sustainable is the deal? What future lies ahead for the refugees? Can Turkey provide protection and avenues of integration and rights, or will the deal over time further destabilize Turkey and the war-torn region?

Security and migration: EU-Turkey relations under pressure?

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