EU 2012 PROGRESS REPORT
from Mavi Boncuk by M.A.M
Mavi Boncuk |
Brussels, 10.10.2012
SWD(2012) 336
COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT
TURKEY
2012 PROGRESS REPORT
accompanying the document
COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION
TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL
Enlargement Strategy and Main Challenges 2012-2013
Following the conclusions of the Luxembourg European Council in December 1997, the Commission has reported regularly to the Council and the Parliament. This report on progress made by Turkey in preparing for EU membership largely follows the same structure as in previous years. The report:
Turkey’s Long Effort to Join EU Deferred
from Yahoo news
EU says long-time aspirant Turkey not ready yet for membership in continental club
Turkey Warns Syria It May Use ?Greater Force?
from NYT > Turkey by By ANNE BARNARD, CHRISTINE HAUSER and ALAN COWELL
With fighting along the Turkish-Syrian border reported to be intensifying, the Turkish chief of staff, Gen. Necdet Ozel, said on Wednesday that the country may respond more forcefully.
The Rise and Fall of Turkey?s Middle East Policy
by Acturca
German Marshall Fund of the United States, October 9, 2012, 4 p. İlter Turan * Turkey has enjoyed a sustained political stability and economic growth from the beginning of the millennium. A stable government with satisfactory economic performance was an object of admiration in a region where authoritarian governments associated with poor economic performance were
Turkey’s restitution dispute with the Met challenges the ‘universal museum’ | Jason Farago
from World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Jason Farago
Turkey is flexing its cultural, as well as its economic and military muscles. But objects of art outlive the ambitions of nation states
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, like most institutions of its size in the US and Europe, has seen its fair share of lawsuits and controversies surrounding its collection. It returned nearly two dozen antiquities to Italy in 2006, as well as work acquired via Nazi looting.
Arms supplies to Syrian rebels dry up amid rivalries and divisions
from World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Martin Chulov, Ian Black
In Aleppo there is still no sign of the heavy weapons for which the rebels have pleaded and ammunition is running low
In the battle for northern Syria the most important front is far from Aleppo. It is across the border in the southern Turkish town of Antakya. Here rebels, who now move around with increasing ease, are engaged in daily bids for patronage with those who keep the insurgency running.
Turkey?s Syrian dilemma takes a dangerous turn
from Hurriyet Daily News
Syria appears to be a problem for the Erdoğan government rather than for Turkey, none of whose vital
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