The EU ambassadors in Ankara are getting accustomed to having working lunches with Prime minster Erdogan, enjoying fine Turkish cuisine, where Mr Erdogan openly and with much politically correctness slams the Union’s activities related to Turkish Republic. Latest one of these lunches took place yesterday, where Erdogan bluntly put in simple terms for the EU [...]
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EU force under threat (published in 2002)
Friday, November 1, 2002
The dispute between the two NATO members began in early 2001 when Turkey threatened to block the EU from using NATO assets over fears about any possible future deployment in the Aegean region or in Cyprus. In late 2001, the US, the UK and Turkey agreed the Ankara Text, allowing Turkey a say in such [...]
