This is another sign of how Mr. Bağış did rise so fast politically. He is a loyal follower of his party leader in aggressive rhetorics.
In Auschwitz, Turkey minister accuses EU of ‘racism’
Turkey clarifies ‘fascist’ EU claim
ANDREW WILLIS
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS – The European Commission has said Turkish EU affairs Minister Egemen Bagıs could have been ‘better chosen’ his words after he used a Holocaust commemoration event in Auschwitz to say the EU risks emulating ‘fascist methods of [the] 1930s’.”
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Turkey outlines five demands from EU for ties
Fortress Europe: Greece bids to stem migrant surge from Turkey with guns, wire and a ‘wall’
Greece is now on the frontline of Fortress Europe, as non-EU refugees pour in across the Turkish border
The border between Greece and Turkey amounts, on land at least, to two parallel roads and a ditch. On both sides of this weed-infested chasm, conscripts face each other down the barrel of a gun, some perched on observation towers, others striding, rifles at the ready, past mud-churned fields along the road.
End of visa regime one step closer
WikiLeaks: Erdogan Not in Control of Military
ANKARA (Hurriyet Daily News)?Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has allegedly admitted to being unable to control Turkish military flights that frequently cause tension in the Aegean region between neighbors Turkey and Greece, according to a leaked U.S. Embassy cable from 2004.”
Turkey says EU becoming ‘Christian club’
Turkey’s accession to EU faces impasse
After BRIC comes MIST, the acronym Turkey would certainly welcome | Simon Roughneen
The term MIST has been coined to describe the next tier of large emerging economies – Mexico, Indonesia, South Korea and Turkey. Can Turkey live up to the hype?
Acronyms have long been a favourite of policy wonks and policymakers, shorthand for describing the world and the changes taking place in it. Jim O’Neill, the Goldman Sachs economist who came up with the now-mainstream “BRIC” catch-all for four quite different economies ? Brazil, Russia, India and China ? has done it again.
Turkey to EU: No visa-free, no clampdown on migrants
The lack of policy entrepreneurship in Turkey-EU relations by Mustafa Kutlay
Greece Tries to Stem Immigrant Flow From Turkey
Immigrants are coming through the border with Turkey at a time when Greece can least afford to be hospitable.Turkey leverages economy for global power
The Washington Times (USA) Sunday, January 23, 2011
By Patrice Hill, Istanbul
While much attention has been focused on China and India, other quickly emerging nations are establishing themselves as powers to contend with in their parts of the world.
Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul delivers a speech to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, eastern France, January 25, 2011.? Read more » REUTERS/Jean-Marc Loos
Ukraine, Turkey set up ‘strategic partnership’
Turkey’s Gul says European Union access not crucial
Turkish PM not pilot in dogfight policy, says leaked cable
Healthy man in a sick Europe
Reviving its historical Middle East ties helps Turkey assert itself in the affairs of the Islamic world”