Yannis Stivachtis is the director of the International Studies Program at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Meltem Müftüler-Baç is a professor in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Sabanci University.

• Part 1 IntroductionPart 2 Part I: Dilemmas in EU-Turkey RelationsChapter 3 1. Europe and the 'Turk': An English School Approach to the Study of EU-Turkish RelationsChapter 4 2. Turkish Accession and the Quest for a European Polity: Discursive Strategies and Organized HypocrisyChapter 5 3. European Strategic Vision and Turkey's EU BidChapter 6 4. The Strategic Implications of Turkey's EU MembershipPart 7 Part II: Opportunities and Constraints in Turkey-European Union RelationsChapter 8 5. Turkey's Accession Negotiations with the European Union: The Long Path AheadChapter 9 6. Turkey and the 'New Europe': Challenges and Opportunities during the Accession NegotiationsChapter 10 7. Greek and Greek Cypriot Views of Turkey's Accession to the European Union: On the Endurance of a Spectacular Paradigmatic ShiftChapter 11 8. The Cyprus Question in the Programs of the Turkish Governments and the Turkish Political Parties, 1980-2005Chapter 12 9. Turkey's Changing Perceptions of the EU: From Partnership to Patronship—The Ever Changing Nature of EU Conditionality in an Ever Distanced EuropeChapter 13 10. Redefining State and Society in the March Toward Europe: The Radicalization of TurkeyChapter 14 11. Current Turkish Economic Policies and the Target of EU MembershipPart 15 Part III: EU-Turkey Accession Negotiations: A Comparative PerspectiveChapter 16 12. A Promising Comparison: Greek and Turkish Elite Attitudes to European IntegrationChapter 17 13. Fulfilling the Copenhagen Political Criteria: A Comparison between Turkey, Bulgaria, and RomaniaChapter 18 14. Civil-Military Relations as a Component of Democratic Consolidation in Turkey: A Comparison with Greece

This volume provides a collection of incisive analyses of EU-Turkey relations. Each of the chapter contributions offers critical interrogation of a relationship that is both under-studied and frequently misunderstood. The analysis contained within Turkey-European Union Relations deserves to be widely read and will receive ready appreciation.