The analysis of migration fact on the relations of European Union – Turkey in the post cold war period

In the post-Cold War era, the phenomenon of migration in the globalizing world and the problems caused by this phenomenon have taken on a character that any state can not influence alone. The European Union (EU), which is among the major migration routes and faced with different dimensions of the migration phenomenon from past to present, has had to adapt its policies and approaches according to the circumstances of the time. Within the context of cooperation with third countries, which is one of the pillars of the EU's regular immigration policy, Turkey is in the process of full membership to the Union and is one of the migration routes frequently used in the transition to the region. Turkey is seen an important actor beacuse of this reasons. In this context,the development of Turkey and the EU's migration policies by examining, analyzed the effects of irregular migration issues in relations between Turkey and the EU. In the analysis, official documents, treaty texts and discourses were used, while related works and views were also included. According to our hypothesis, the security-oriented immigration policy, which left the responsibility of the EU to the third countries, led to a deepening of the insecurity already existing between the two actors.