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CYPRUS DISPUTE IN TERMS OF ENERGY POLITICS
There is no denying that “energy politics” has become a significant part of the regional and global economy as well as geopolitics and international relations in the last decades. While energy policy is about the
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RELIABILITY AND RECOGNITION OF TURKISH CYPRIOT POLITICS & POLITICIANS
CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION “Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.”[1] Turkish Republic of North Cyprus, as a micro-state, has many advantages and disadvantages.
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EU-TURKEY RELATIONS AFTER GEZİ: ANOTHER HALT OR AN INCENTIVE TO REVIVE TURKEY’S MORIBUND ACCESSION PROCESS?
In my previous article I was to a certain extent optimistic over a positive breakthrough in EU-Turkey relations in 2013. However, the way Prime Minister Erdoğan and the AKP members (with a few exceptions)
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EU PROGRESS REPORT ON TURKEY 2012
2012 Progress Report on Turkey European Parliament resolution of 18 April 2013 on the 2012 Progress Report on Turkey (2012/2870 (RSP)) The European Parliament, – having regard to the Commission’s 2012 Progress Report on
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TURKISH AND BULGARIAN ACCESSION TO EUROPEAN UNION IN COMPARISON
Introduction In this paper, I will examine Turkey’s on-going accession process and Bulgarian accession process to EU, which was finalized with full Bulgarian membership to EU in 1 January 2007. In order to make
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AN ANALYSIS ON THE APPROACHES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, ISRAEL AND TURKEY ABOUT THE NUCLEAR PROGRAM OF IRAN
1. The Approach of the European Union on Iran’s Nuclear Program The European Union has always been in a critical dialogue process with Iran on the issues of
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