Between Rapprochement and Rejection: Identity and Cultural Drivers in Europe-Turkey Relations

This report contains the proceedings of the expert session of the EUNIC-FEUTURE Stakeholder Conference titled “Between Rapprochement and Rejection: Identity and Culture Drivers in the Europe-Turkey Relations” held at the Austrian Cultural Forum in Yeniköy, Istanbul, on September 14, 2018. The contributions by Chovanec & Müller-Funk, Nocera, and Dominik discuss mutual identity representations in the literature and arts at the national level (Austria and Turkey by Chovanec & Müller-Funk; Italy and Turkey by Nocera; Poland and Turkey by Dominik); Levin’s contribution takes a broader look and underlines the history of the role of identity in Turkey-Europe relations with a focus on its contemporary ramifications for the European Union’s relations with Turkey; and Costantini moves beyond identity representations to propose guidelines for a novel cultural policy in and for the Eastern Mediterranean.