On Turkey
July 14th, 2008 by Adam
Meliha Benli Altunisik at Bitter Lemons International writes about Turkey’s grudging reluctance to accept the Mediterranean Union. Even though Turkey fears the organization may be used as an alternative to EU membership, “…the issue seems to have surpassed the context of a union for the Mediterranean and become more about Franco-Turkish relations within a Turkish-EU framework.”
In other Turkey news, 86 secular Turks were arrested on terrorism charges for plotting to topple the government. Those arrested included one former general and an opposition politician. The opposition sees the arrests as another attempt by the AKP to silence its critics ahead of a decision by the Constitutional Court about the party’s future.
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