europeanization and change in turkey security discourse (case study: normalization of turkey–armenia relations)

this study aims to investigate the changes in turkey's security discourse in process of turkey's accession to european :union:. it seems that europeanization of turkey is one of the most important factors in the change of its security discourse. turkey's political and security language has been changed and, in this country, we are witnessing a new political and social contract that leads to a normalization process. among other reasons, process of desecuritization is the result of the european :union: accession process and concomitant events, a transformation of the political landscape, and the compliance with eu norms. within this process of desecuritization formerly securitized issues have perceived as normal political issues. to test this hypothesis, the authors with use of europeanization literature compared with the security discourse in turkey before and after the start of the new millennium, try to evaluate the normalization of armenian issue and turkey– armenia relations in the framework of this discursive change.