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A VIEW OF TURKEY AND EUROPEAN RELATIONS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF MEDICAL LEGISLATION: AN ASSESMENT OF STATE OF PLAY
Perihan Elif Ekmekçi1, Berna Arda2
1Ministry of Health Turkey.
Revista Romana De Bioetica
|August 14, 2015
Summary
This paper examines Turkey's health legislation alignment with the European Union (EU) and Customs Union Agreement. It assesses the harmony between Turkish and EU health priorities to ensure efficient resource allocation during the accession process.
Area of Science:
- Public Health Policy
- Health Law and Ethics
- European Union Studies
Background:
- Turkey's accession process to the European Union (EU) necessitates alignment of its health legislation with EU standards.
- Harmonization efforts are also influenced by obligations from the Council of Europe and the Customs Union Agreement.
- Effective alignment requires significant human resources, making the congruence of priorities crucial for efficiency.
Purpose of the Study:
- To analyze the current state of health legislation alignment in Turkey concerning its EU accession and Customs Union membership.
- To evaluate the parallelism between the European Union's health priorities and Turkey's national health objectives.
- To discuss the implications of legislative harmonization on human resource allocation and effectiveness in the health sector.
Main Methods:
- Review of legislative alignment processes, including EU accession, Council of Europe membership, and Customs Union Agreement obligations.
- Analysis of key documents such as Council Decisions 1/95 and 2/97, and the Turkish National Program for the Adoption of the EU Acquis (2008-2013).
- Examination of Turkey's legislative obligations stemming from its Council of Europe membership, particularly in medical ethics.
Main Results:
- The study identifies the multifaceted nature of Turkey's health legislation alignment, encompassing EU, Council of Europe, and Customs Union frameworks.
- It highlights the critical need for demonstrated harmony between Turkish and EU health priorities to justify resource allocation.
- The effectiveness of human resources dedicated to legislative adoption is contingent upon this alignment.
Conclusions:
- Successful health legislation alignment in Turkey requires a clear parallel between its priorities and those of the European Union.
- Ensuring this harmony is essential for the efficient and effective utilization of human resources involved in the harmonization process.
- The study underscores the importance of a coordinated approach to legislative alignment across different international agreements.
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