Demir F.2024-07-222024-07-22202025122347http://akademikarsiv.cbu.edu.tr:4000/handle/123456789/14096One of the most crucial processes in understanding the transformation of Turkish public administration in the twenty-first century is European Union accession talks. They have shaped the structuring and functioning of Turkish state apparatus at a level which can only be compared to the revolution which replaced the Ottoman Empire with the Republic. Europeanization can also be seen as a litmus test for possible convergence in the field of public administration. To a certain degree, the themes and topics of public administration studies are becoming similar due to European-scale laws and policies. © 2020, The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.EnglishBook chapter10.1007/978-3-030-41648-5_1