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ARE GREECE AND TURKEY HEADING TO A WAR?
Introduction Turkish-Greek relations have always been tense and open to conflict and military escalation though there had been smooth times in the past. We should not forget that two countries are historical rivals to
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EU’S POLICY TOWARDS MIGRATION CRISIS AT TURKISH BORDER 2020
It will be four years soon from the conclusion of the migration agreement between the European Union and Turkey. After an air attack on the Idlib region in north-western Syria by the troops of
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WHAT THE REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ACTORS HAVE SAID ON TURKEY’S ATTACKS TOWARDS PKK?
The Turkish government launched a peace process with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in 2012 to put an end to the armed campaign by the Kurdish group aimed at gaining autonomy. The process created
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EU’S DIPLOMATIC OFFENSIVE AGAINST TURKEY: DOES BRUSSELS CHANGE ITS STRATEGY?
The European Union has stepped up its activity following the visit of the head of the Russian state to Ankara. High-ranking officials of the organization arrived in the capital of Turkey this time. British
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THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE 28 FEBRUARY POST-MODERN COUP
Summary: After the meeting of the National Security Council, the Turkish army forced a government that came to power legally and democratically to resign because of its pro-Islamist and anti-democratic applications. The reason of
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TURKEY’S NEW EUROPE STRATEGY: THREE-PRONGED REFORMS
Turkey’s European Union membership has been a debated subject for many years. Much contradiction has emerged since then. EU protracts the issue under different pretexts. Organization’s 2014 report on Turkey drew experts’ attention. Official
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TURKEY-EU RELATIONS: WHERE DO WE STAND TODAY?
Cover Photo: Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Herman van Rompuy, former President of the European Council, and José Manuel Barroso, former President of the European Commission (from left to right)
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EU IN CRISIS: PURPOSE OF RESHUFFLE IN THE CRISIS
International media is widely discussing reshuffle in the EU’s top leadership. This issue is viewed mainly from the point of view of organization’s future. According to the experts, this step was impelled by the
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EU’S LACK OF STRATEGIC VISION MAY BRING TURKEY AND RUSSIA CLOSER
European Union’s lack of strategic vision has shown itself once again by the decision taken by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) about 90 million euro compensation to be paid by the Turkish
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PRAGUE SUMMIT: PRESIDENT’S HISTORICAL AND JUST SPEECH
The Prague summit dealing with the 5th anniversary of the European Union`s Eastern Partnership programme stuck in memory with interesting moments. This forum, in some specified sense, can be called a report of states
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