THE ROLE OF EDUCATION IN THE PROCESS OF INTEGRATION WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION: DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF MARMARA UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The Copenhagen criteria, that have been restated with greater emphasis at the Helsinki Summit in the last month of 1999, and pointed out as absolute conditions to be met on equal grounds by all the candidate countries for membership, require harmonisation of measures in all areas with the norms of the European Union. An inseperable dimension of European integration, that has been progressing through economic and monetary issues and eventually moving towards political unification, is without doubt the area of education.