@article{2019,title={GIVING UP THE EUROPEAN UNION: A HISTORICAL AND ECONOMIC APPROACH},abstractNode={Turkey’s relations with the West, with respect to Europe, have become a matter of several discussions in the historical context. The process, which could be defined as Westernization/modernizing in the historical context, has had various reflections on Turkey’s relations with the European Union (EU) from the second half of 20th century until today. Within the scope of these reflections, relations are known to have several perspectives like the historical, socio-cultural, economic, political, corporate and legal factors. This study aims to analyse the continuity and dependency dimension of the relations between Turkey and the EU, particularly wthin the framework of the historical and economic perspective. The focus of this study is on the Turkey-EU relations and on economic dependency and historical continuity in these relations. A situation analysis is conducted both in historical and economic-political terms. Certain statements in the turning point in Turkey-EU relations and real situation are particularly considered. In this article, it is emphasized that the process creates a dependency in the real world rather than the advantages and disadvantages of a possible membership. Principally, the political economy of Turkey-EU relations are discussed on a historical basis in the study. Then, historical perspective is supported by using comparative tables and graphs based on economic data. In this context, especially the article focuses on trade data between Turkey and the EU. Considering these data, a discourse of economic dependence in the long term is settled stronger case. As a result, it has been concluded that the discourse of suspending or completely breaking relations with the EU is not historically and economically strong possibility in the short and medium term. With this article, by presenting an alternative view on the Turkey-EU relations, it is intended to contribute to the literature. },author={Ferhat APAYDIN-Samet ZENGİNOĞLU},year={2019},journal={Turkish Studies-Social Sciences}}