Ibrahim Kalin

Articles de cet auteur (2)

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  A new chapter in Turkish - E.U. Relations?

  26 September 2007

  Everybody from Ankara to Brussels is asking this question: With the Justice and Development Party (AKP) strengthening its position in government and Abdullah Gul as the new president, will Turkey renew its efforts to gain full EU membership ? No matter how the AKP and the Turkish people answer the question, much still depends on what happens next in Europe.
  As I’ve said many times before, neither Turkey nor the EU is a static entity. As their negotiations continue, both sides change their (...)

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  Napoleon in Alexandria and Turkey’s EU dream

  31 March 2007

  Source : Todayszaman, 29/03/2007
  The picture was clear and symbolic: on the EU’s 50th birthday German Chancellor Angela Merkel presented as a gift to French President Jacques Chirac a cup with a depiction of Napoleon’s invasion of Alexandria in 1798.
  Never mind that Turkey, as a candidate country, has not been invited to the party. Never mind either the fact that the current EU president, Merkel, has nothing to hide in her opposition to EU’s membership. But presenting the Napoleonic invasion (...)