August 2, 2006

Europe and the world

Meanwhile in an EU Candidate State

by Doug Merrill

From Lebanon’s Daily Star:
Turkey on Monday appointed a general who is expected to adopt a tougher line toward EU negotiations to replace the head the country’s powerful military, who was widely considered a moderate. The change in leadership, which was widely anticipated, comes as Turkey is insisting that Washington do more to crack down on [...]

The CIS and South Eastern Europe

Hardliner new Turkish chief of staff

by David Weman

The Daily Star - Politics - Ankara picks hard-line general to replace armed forces’ outgoing chief of staff
Turkey on Monday appointed a general who is expected to adopt a tougher line toward EU negotiations to replace the head the country’s powerful military, who was widely considered a moderate. The change in leadership, which was widely [...]

March 8, 2006

Transition and accession

Troglodytes in Turkey?

by Edward Hugh

Well it seems that Spain’s troglodytes aren’t the only ones hovering around the EU arena. Turkey’s Land Forces Commander Gen. Yasar Buyukanit might be another case it seems:
As we feared in our editorial on Monday the accusations from the prosecutor that the Land Forces commander tried to influence the judicial process by making statements on [...]

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