| II. METHODOLOGY
As well known, using the scientific methods helps deepen understanding of the topic of the thesis and answer on the research questions. “As with any field of knowledge, political researchers are prone to use technical language to explain their research findings.”1 However, it is very important to use a clear language since “politics is largely a subjective science”.2
In this thesis, using only one kind of research method was impossible to apply because of providing “the analysis of numerical data”3 as well as the political behaviours and attitudes”4. For these reasons, quantitative and qualitative research methods were tried to use together to minimize the disadvantages of employing only one of them.
By giving importance to validity and reliability, various source materials were utilized in accordance with topic of the chapters in the thesis. Besides using official websites of the Turkish government and the European Union, the selected information were used from the books, which were written by several prominent authors, newspaper articles, scientific journals and research papers that are dealing with the specific issues of each chapter.
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