Abstract :
Currently knowledge, technology and innovation are seen to be the most important factors in obtaining global competitive power of the countries and firms. At the same time, innovativeness has an important role in development of countries and welfare of the society. Demographic changes occurring in Europe, aging population, increasing unemployment rates, and global issues such as climate changes have been raised the need for economic and social reform in the European Union (EU). In this context, the European Union firstly adopted the Lisbon Strategy and then the Europe 2020 Strategy. EU determining targets and priorities innovation union to create has evaluated the innovation performance with innovation union scoreboard. The aim of the study, within the framework of innovation performance criteria created by the European Union, is to make comparative analysis of Turkey, selected EU countries and EU candidate countries and contribute to explaining the relative status across the EU countries.
