Ertugal, Ebru2023-06-162023-06-1620101468-38571743-9639https://doi.org/10.1080/14683851003606887https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14365/1749This study considers whether European Union (EU) pre-accession instruments relating to cohesion policy are contributing to the development of a more compound polity in Turkey and, specifically, assesses the extent to which Europeanization promotes features of multi-level governance. Empirical findings suggest that the implementation system for EU pre-accession aid is centralized with signs of a limited shift towards multi-level governance. Empirical findings also reveal that the implementation structures designed for national policy in response to EU requirements represent a greater degree of shift towards multi-level governance. The argument developed is that the latter is potentially transformative in character as far as regional development policy-making is concerned, though the Turkish polity is to date only slightly more compound as a consequence.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccesscohesion policyEuropeanizationmulti-level governanceTurkeyregionsArticle10.1080/146838510036068872-s2.0-77952472287