Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, who...
and the Middle East.Russia will now have two major energy partners, Germany in the north (Nord Stream) and Turkey in the south (South Stream). No wonder Europe becomes jittery every time Turkish president or prime minister goes to Russia, or their Russian counterparts visit Turkey.
Europe assumes that Turkey is leaning increasingly toward Russia and fears that this may revive Russia"s "imperial ambitions."
Turkey has indignantly rejected such accusations, pointing out that it has signed a deal on the EU-backed rival pipeline Nabucco. It does not intend to give up the project, and Prime Minister Erdogan reputedly intends to invite Russia to join the Nabucco project during the ongoing visit.
In fact, the EU is pushing Turkey toward Russia by putting off its admission to the European Union. Turkey started accession talks in 2005 but has so far advanced only in 12 of the 35 political and economic areas where each candidate is obliged to carry out reforms
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