This chapter discusses the impact of the European Union on macroeconomic, regional development and immigration policies and governance in Turkey during the 2000s. It also explores the extent to which these changes represent instances of 'Europeanization'. Following the 'policy structure approach', it traces changes in principles, objectives, procedures and instruments of these key policy sectors. It shows that these changes resulted in stronger government policy commitment reflected in

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... 'policy intensity' and 'policy density'. All of these changes led to an ever-larger 'policy capacity' of the Turkish state. The chapter concludes that the 'transformative power' of the EU in shaping policy structures, expanding both the density and intensity of these policies and enhancing the policy capacity is overwhelmingly large in Turkey.