ABSTRACT

Many scholars blame Turkish politicians for the country's suspension of its Association Agreement with the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1978. Some have argued that rising Turkish anti-Westernism caused the agreement to fail; others maintain that Prime Minister Ecevit's protectionist government derailed it. Such perspectives overlook the role played by concrete economic issues. The ‘Maghrebization’ of the Association, agricultural affairs, and the situation of Turkish workers in Europe decreased the economic desirability of the Association for Turkey. EEC correspondence, which has not yet been used by other scholars, demonstrates that the EEC was cognizant of the worsening terms of the Association but decided not to revise the conditions despite repeated protests from Turkey. This article argues that the 1978 suspension of the EEC-Turkey Association Agreement was not the result of the initiative of a purportedly anti-Western or erratic Ecevit government. Instead, the article highlights the declining economic benefits of the Association for Turkey.

摘要

许多学者指责土耳其政客对该国在 1978 年暂停与欧洲经济共同体 (EEC) 的结盟协议。其他人则认为，埃杰维特总理的保护主义政府使其脱轨。这种观点忽视了具体经济问题所起的作用。协会的“马格里布化”、农业事务和土耳其工人在欧洲的状况降低了协会对土耳其的经济吸引力。尚未被其他学者使用的 EEC 通信表明，EEC 意识到协会的条款日益恶化，但尽管土耳其一再提出抗议，但仍决定不修改条件。本文认为，1978 年中止 EEC-土耳其联合协议并不是据称反西方或反复无常的 Ecevit 政府倡议的结果。相反，文章强调土耳其协会的经济利益正在下降。