^#smrgSAHAF Turkey - EU Civil Society Dialogue : The European Union's Europa-Bridges of Knowledge of Programme for Turkey / Turkey-EU Observatory Conferance : Oservatory Outputs - 2024

1. Introduction 5

2. Perceptions 7

Fernando Nogales Comment. 7

Olof Ehrenkrona Comment. 10

Erik Holm What is Europe. 13

Joseph E. Bigio Enduring Relationships 16

Andrew Finkel The Door to Europe - half open or half shut? ...17

3. Current State of Affairs 19

Cengiz Aktar Nicolas Sarkozy's Mediterranean Union 19

Kirsty Hughes EU's Internal Integration Process- Can an inward-looking EU regain its confidence and a new strategic direction?.. 23

Nilgün Arısan Eralp EU-Turkish Relations with Special Emphasis on Accession Negotiations. 27

4. A Perspective on Economy. 31

Refik Erzan Windfall Gains of the EU Membership Process.. 31

Simon Quijano-Evans Turkey - Already looking to the future. 37

5. Conference Reports 45

Search Conference Methodology 45

Ahmet O. Evin Reciprocal Images and Knowledge: From Confrontation to Integration-Summary of the Barcelona Meeting. 46

Ahmet O. Evin Athens Search Conference. 50

Evrim Taşkın Athens Search Conference Findings. 53

Ahmet O. Evin & Evrim Taşkın Istanbul Report 55 Evrim Taşkın Lisbon Report. 63