European Union funds and the assumed professionalization of Turkish civil society organizations



Zihnioğlu, Ö ORCID: 0000-0001-6596-1994
(2019) European Union funds and the assumed professionalization of Turkish civil society organizations. Turkish Studies, 20 (5). pp. 657-679.

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Abstract

The professionalization effect of foreign funding is one of the prominent issues in the critical literature on donor/recipient relations. Despite growing attention on this topic, the link between European Union (EU) funding to Turkish civil society organizations (CSOs) and their professionalization remain understudied. This article fills this gap. Drawing on an original set of interviews with leaders of 45 CSOs in Turkey, this article finds that EU-funded projects have not led to the professionalization of Turkish CSOs. This article suggests several reasons for this and also discusses the broader impact of EU funds in relation to CSO’s professionalization.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Professionalization, NGO-ization, Civil society, Foreign funding, European Union, Turkey
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 04 Oct 2019 14:33
Last Modified: 19 Jan 2023 00:24
DOI: 10.1080/14683849.2018.1555754
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3057004