Resumen:
In the last ten years, the agricultural policies of both the EU and Turkey have been reformed in a radical way, due to various external and internal factors. Since 2009, the EU has been discussing the new reform proposals in the CAP, while Turkey¿s agricultural policies have begun to evolve in a completely different direction. At this paper, the consequences of the new agricultural policies in terms of rural development and rural poverty are evaluated with a critical eye, after a brief discussion about their background, objectives and content. The paper aims to understand the difficulties that Turkey may encounter regarding its agricultural and rural policies in the future, by elaborating Turkey¿s agriculture and agricultural policies in comparison with the EU * Yrd. Doç. Dr., Gediz Üniversitesi, ¿ktisadi ve ¿dari Bilimler Fakültesi, Siyaset Bilimi ve Kamu Yönetimi Bölümü, ¿stanbul Ankara Avrupa Çal¿¿malar¿ Dergisi Cilt: 11, No:2 (Y¿l: 2012), s.75-98 MEL¿KE AKKARACA KÖSE76 and the EU member states and by studying the implications of the reforms in the CAP especially for the new member states.
