Determined Turkey aims to show EU it is an asset

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Series Details 17.5.10
Publication Date 17/05/2010
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Major analysis feature. Turkey sees itself as a regional power and is determined to show the EU two things: that it has options; and that, unlike the EU, it knows how to deploy 'soft power' in Europe's Middle Eastern backyard.

While stalled, the EU accession process is however also credited with having a major transformative influence on Turkey.

Related Links
La Stampa, 2.6.10: Ankara turns its back on Brussels (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/265031-ankara-turns-its-back-brussels
Adevărul, 14.5.10: Ahmet Davutoglu, between two worlds (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/251441-ahmet-davutoglu-between-two-worlds
BBC News, 10.6.10: Turkey denies break with Europe http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/10288919.stm

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