Türkiye’nin Covid-19 Yönetiminin Avrupa Birliği 2020 ve 2021 Türkiye Raporları Üzerinden Karşılaştırmalı Analizi

Abstract

The European Commission, each year, prepares reports that screen the progress made by the candidate countries of the European Union (EU). EU Turkey reports are considered to have a positive influence on Turkey’s COVID-19 pandemic process management. Therefore, this study aims to find out whether the EU Turkey reports have an impact on Turkey’s COVID-19 pandemic administration. Through analysing the EU Turkey reports published in 2020 and 2021, this study also tries to establish an association between Turkey’s COVID-19 pandemic management and the reports published in previous years. In this context, the thematic distribution of the content of Covid-19 in the EU 2020 and 2021 Turkey reports in the light of the progress related to epidemics and infectious diseases in Turkey and within the framework of this distribution, answers to the questions of how Turkey’s Covid-19 management is were sought. The main finding of the study is that Turkey has improved its capacity to fight epidemics and is thus prepared for the Covid-19 pandemic process, with the influence of the guidance in previous reports.