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From Turkey to EU: Turkey?s EU minister- Islam Europe?s reality; Turkish Deputy PM slams judge on trial ban…

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Turkey and Israel: reviving strategic ties? from Yahoo News Photos An apology by Israel’s prime minister may ease tensions between Turkey and Israel. But despite pledges from the two country’s leaders to normalize relations, experts caution against high expectations. Islam Europe?s reality: Turkey?s EU minister from Hurriyet Daily News Islam is a reality for the … Read more

Now comes the EU: Turkish justice minister says: It is Hard to understand EU officials…Turkish media angry with the “court ban”…A FP roundup…

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Pedestrians look at billboards with the pictures of Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (R) and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu (L), in Ankara March 25, 2013. Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday an Israeli apology for the 2010 deaths of nine Turkish pro-Palestinian activists that was brokered by U.S. President Barack Obama met … Read more

As an expert in uncovering state terrorism cases Turkey now states Syria “a terrorist state”, before it was Israel…

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  Turkey Warns Syria Is ‘A Terrorist State’ from Yahoo news Turkey’s prime minister has said neighbouring Syria is a “terrorist state” that is massacring its own people, just hours after the new UN-Arab League envoy to the country called the death toll in the uprising “staggering”. A roundup: Turkey protests ?genocide? move in France, … Read more

Al Jazeera reconsiders Turkish Foreign Policy… A FP roundup

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Reconsidering Turkish foreign policy in the AKP years – Opinion – Al Jazeera English Turkey?s Rising Global Influence Turkey?s Rising Global Influence by Turkish Digest Turkey?s Rising Global Influence Written by Dana McKelvey, DC Correspondent | 23 August 2012 5148375002 3dedb4a14dIn the midst of an uncertain Middle East, Turkey plays an increasingly powerful role. Given … Read more

Ankara hopeful with Hollande but will Hollande be all right with Turkish leaders’ aggressive attitude?

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Sarko No More from Mavi Boncuk by M.A.M Mavi Boncuk | EU Watch on Sarkozy Loss… Election Hollande: Ankara espère améliorer ses relations avec Paris by Acturca Agence France Presse Lundi 7 mai 2012, Istanbul Ankara espère améliorer ses relations avec Paris avec le départ du pouvoir de Nicolas Sarkozy, figure impopulaire en Turquie et … Read more

foreign policy roundup: “Turkey steps up rhetoric on Syrian ‘massacre’, EU Affairs Minister Egemen Bağış suggests annexation for Cyprus…

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Turkey steps up rhetoric on Syrian ‘massacre’ from World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Peter Beaumont Rescued journalist tells of being abandoned in tunnel as China urges government and rebel to end all acts of violence Turkey has called the violence in Syria “a crime against humanity” on the scale of the 1990s bloodshed in … Read more

Greece starts building border fence with Turkey but EU refuses to fund it…AKP in delusion of ?int?l conspiracy? against – a Foreign policy rounup

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‘Fetih 1453’ continues to anger in Europe from Hurriyet Daily News The upcoming Turkish movie ‘Fetih 1453’ (Conquest 1453) has angered Christians in the German ?   Duel over ties with Israel from Hurriyet Daily News The main opposition?s chief has fired a new salvo in a verbal battle between himself and the prime minister … Read more

EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele had probably an exhausting visit to Turkey…

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European Union Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele (R) shakes hands with Turkey's European Union Minister Egemen Bagis during their meeting in Ankara July 13, 2011. The European Union's enlargement chief Stefan Fuele said on Wednesday he wants to see "a new momentum" in Turkey's membership process to join the bloc now that Turkish general elections are … Read more

by the way, Turkey now has a minister for EU affairs..

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This will definitely fix the issues and fasten the project (!) Egemen Bağış — Turkey’s first ever minister of EU affairs by KLAUS JURGENS This week Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced his Cabinet for the 2011-2015 term. For the first time ever the country has a full-fledged Ministry of European Affairs. At the helm: … Read more

by the way, Erkan in Ankara, attending a workshop…

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details to be given later. I am in the former Prime Ministry building in Ankara with a group of Turkish, American and Armenian journalists attending a meeting with Egemen Bağış, ‘current minister for EU Affairs and chief negotiator of Turkey in accession talks with the European Union’…. I have several times referred to journalism studies … Read more

Cengiz Aktar: Aslına rücu

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Aslına rücu Geçen Pazartesi 9 Mayıs Avrupa Günü idi. Bu vesileyle Bakan Egemen Bağış ve AB Genel Sekreterliği Lizbon Antlaşması?nın Türkçeye kazandırılan çevirisini tanıttı. Bu etkinlik dışında dişe dokunur bir şey olmadı. Mâlum, AB artık gündemde değil. Ama AB ilkelerinin (ülkelerinin değil) önemini anlamak için önce 2004?teki özgürlük ortamını ve özgüveni hatırlamak ve şimdilerde nasıl … Read more

A document: THE COST OF NO EU-TURKEY III: FIVE VIEWS

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Click here to view the PDF document by Open Society Foundation… ********************** Is Turkey going cold on EU membership? by Open Europe blog team As Europe limps along economically and struggles to speak with a single voice on? well almost anything, and at a time when the EU’s two flagship projects – free movement and … Read more

rethinking death penalty may another sign of leaving the EU dream… A FP roundup..

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From the Bosphorus: Straight – Renewed death penalty no answer by HDN Turkey formally abolished the death penalty in 2002. It was the right decision then. It is the right decision today. The return of the death penalty by FATMA DİŞLİ ZIBAK The brutal killings of three children in Kayseri as well as one in … Read more

by the way, Egemen Bağış first accused EU of ‘racism’ then backed down…

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Egemen Bağış, state minister and Turkey’s chief EU negotiator. AA photo 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’ from Yahoo news The EU risks being besieged by a racist … Read more

On Wiseman rejecting “privileged partnership”

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Wiseman Commission Rejects “Privileged Partnership”

from Turkish Politics in Action by Ragan Updegraff

Former president of Spain Felipe Gónzalez / AFP Photo from Hurriyet Daily News

The 12-member wise man commission French president Nikolas Sarkozy endeavored to setup in 2007 in part to frustrate Turkey’s accession track has instead concluded that walking away from Turkey’s accession process or granting it/treating its accession bid with something less than full membership is a betrayal that risks EU credibility.

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