Cover-- Introduction: Europeanization in Question-- Part I: The Interplay of External and Domestic Pressures for Reform-- The Permanent Candidate: Turkey's Europeanization under the AKP Government-- Turkey between Nationalism and Islam-- Turkey's Europeanization-- Modes of Europeanization-- Internalized Europeanization-- Instrumental Europeanization-- Partial Europeanization-- Simulated Europeanization-- Regressive Europeanization-- Conclusion-- Domestic Politics and Perceptions of Turkey-EU Relations-- Introduction. Committed Eurosceptics or Reluctant Europhiles? Turkish Political Islam and the EU before 2002 The Bigger Picture: Improving Relations between Turkey and the EU, 1999-2005-- Divergence as the Defining Concept of Turkey-EU Relations-- Conclusion-- The Erosion of the Kemalist Dogma of Ethno-Political Homogeneity in the Context of Partial Socio-political Liberalisation Processes in Turkey in the second Half of the 20th Century-- Introduction-- The issue of multi-ethnicity in Turkey's public sphere from 1925 to 1980. Domestic and global political backgrounds of social-political transformations in Turkey in the 1980s and 1990s Ethno-political developments and multi-ethnic enfoldment opportunities in the 1980s-- The increasing erosion of the Kemalist principle of Nationalism in the 1990s-- Concluding Remarks and Outlook-- The AKP Government and the Alevi Issue: Why could the Alevi demands not be met?-- Introduction-- Accounting for Domestic Change in the Context of EU Accession-- The Alevi's Quest for Recognition-- External Factors: The Alevi Issue in the European Commission Progress Reports. Domestic Factors Conclusion-- Externalization of the EU's Policy on Irregular Migration: the Case of Turkey-- Introduction-- Conceptualisation and Theoretical Background-- Externalization and Irregular Migration: The European Union Dimension-- Integrated Border Management-- Visa Policy-- Asylum Policy-- The EU's Policy on Irregular (Transit) Migration and Its Implications for Turkey-- Irregular Transit Migration Profile of Turkey-- National Policies and Their Implications Concerning Irregular Transit Migration in Turkey. Turkey's EU Candidacy and Its Implications in the Field of Irregular Transit Migration Cooperation on Integrated Border Management-- Harmonization in the Field of Visa Policy-- Readmission Agreement Bargaining-- The Re-Visited Asylum and Irregular Migration Nexus-- Conclusion and Future Prospects-- Part II: The Relevance of Mutual Perceptions-- Turkey's ""Culturalization"" in EU Public Opinion: Observations on the Findings of an Opinion Survey-- Introduction-- Turkey's ""Culturalization"" in EU Public Opinion.