Assessment of Turkey’s Harmonization Process to the European Union Environmental Policies

• Main Authors: Mehmet Samet ERDEM, Füsun YENİLMEZ
• Format: Article
• Language: Turkish
• Published: Usak University 2017-07-01
• Series: Optimum Ekonomi ve Yönetim Bilimleri Dergisi
• Subjects: EU; Turkey; Environment Policy; Development Plan; Environment Action Programme
• Online Access: http://dergipark.gov.tr/download/article-file/318249

In the 1970s, awareness of the environment initiated by the Club of Rome has been the starting point of a continuous process developing within the EU. In the next process, the measures to be taken and considered policies to be implemented about environment are objectified by in the framework of agreements, strategy papers and Environment Action Programmes. Turkey, primarily approaches environmental issues within the framework of development plans. In the development process of development plans, the adaptation of Turkish environmental policies to the EU policies is the main purpose of the study. In this context, firstly Turkey and EU was compared in terms of legislations. Then the public and private sector’s environmental protection expenditures and investments was compared in terms of economy, and in this sense, Turkey’s recent situation in adaptation process to environmental policies have been assessed. Accordingly, it is concluded that Turkey needs to determine and adopt more accessible policies to be harmonized with the EU in terms of environmental policies.