Turkey and Russia rapprochement… Who knows until when and for what…

Putin mends broken relations with Turkey’s Erdogan BBC News | Europe | World Edition The leaders of Russia and Turkey patch up a damaging quarrel, pledging to restore close economic relations in St Petersburg. Russia-Turkey rapprochement revives Turkish Stream pipeline talks  EurActiv.com by Sarantis Michalopoulos Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday (8 August) that Ankara was … Read more

Even the talk of death penalty is a further distance from European Union…

All the death penalty talk maybe tactical as it is hard to catch up with Turkish leadership’s discursive tactics, but some of these are so primitive that even mentioning them signifies where one heads to… Well, you can also say, EU is not a target for a long while now.. Erdoğan: I will approve death penalty if parliament … Read more