Cyprus that is located in Eastern Mediterranean has a great strategic importance for European countries as much as other North Africa and Middle East have. Sovereign states made big wars especially to keep the artery of commerce under control and the island was occupied by so many forces throughout the history. Cyprus that consistently passed [...]

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By George Friedman
On Sept. 11, 1990, U.S. President George H. W. Bush addressed Congress. He spoke in the wake of the end of Communism in Eastern Europe, the weakening of the Soviet Union, and the invasion of Kuwait by Saddam Hussein. He argued that a New World Order was emerging: “A hundred generations have searched [...]

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Commentary by Michael R. Sesit
Aug. 1 (Bloomberg)
Beware of French presidents seeking grand projects.
Amid great fanfare, Nicolas Sarkozy last month unveiled the Mediterranean Union of 43 countries, consisting of the European Union’s 27 members, 14 non-EU member countries that border the Mediterranean Sea, as well as Jordan and Mauritania.
The ostensible goal is to improve the economic [...]

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MELIH ASIK’IN KOSESINDEN
Tepki çağrısı!
Fransız Le Figaro gazetesinde Erdoğan - Sarkozy görüşmesiyle ilgili bir haber: Fethiye Temiz (florida)
“Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a demande a Nicolas Sarkozy, au cours d’un entretien, dimanche matin. Ouverture de chapitres, reaction ‘coordonne’ des 27 et en concertation avec Ankara en cas d’interdiction par la justice du parti au pouvoir AKP.”
Tercümesi:
“T.C. Başbakanı [...]

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Fransa Cumhurbaşkanı’nın amacını ‘birbirimizi nasıl seveceğimizi öğrenmek’ olarak belirlediği ve pazar günü Paris’te gerçekleşen Akdeniz için Birlik Zirvesi’ne Ortadoğu liderleri damgasını vurdu. Sarkozy, Olmert ile Abbas’ı bir araya getirirken; Başbakan Tayyip Erdoğan da Esad ile Olmert arasındaki temaslara dolaylı aracılık yaptı.

Avrupa Birliği Dönem Başkanlığını üstlenen Fransa Cumhurbaşkanı Nicolas Sarkozy’nin önderliğinde oluşturulmaya çalışılan “Akdeniz için Birlik” [...]

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BBC NEWS
Sarkozy’s Club Med

Mark Mardell
11 Jul 08, 05:30 AM

“Very nice dear, but what’s it for?” After quite a few ups and downs the French president is, this weekend, proudly showing off his shiny new gadget - the Mediterranean Union.
Perhaps we shouldn’t expect much from the first ever summit of a new organisation, but it is [...]

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