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How Turkey Became the Largest Country Invested by the EBRD

ow did Turkey become the largest country in terms of investments funded by the EBRD (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development) in 2016? And how has this occurred just seven years after the first investment made in Turkey in 2009? Reflecting on this question will give us the opportunity to understand how the Turkish economy managed to remain resilient and how it continued to grow in recent years despite unwelcoming international economic and financial conditions together with various domestic political events that shook the country through the last four years.

Turkish PM’s US agenda: terrorism

While the PKK is recognized as a terrorist organization by the US, Turkey and the European Union, the US administration denies the organic links between the YPG/PYD and PKK – which Turkey recognizes as a terrorist organization.

The United Nations in an Age of Transition I: World Order and Realpolitik

The resulting political vacuum in countries such as Iraq and Libya was quickly filled by groups acting in the name of a so-called “Islamic State,” and the chain of destabilizing events – leading to widespread state failure in the Middle East – has now even reached the gates of Europe, with the refugee crisis threatening political stability in core countries of the European Union and endangering the cohesion of the Union itself.

EU needs Turkey more, says ex-enlargement chief

hile the relations between the European Union and Turkey have been sore for a while, talking to Anadolu Agency during the ‘International Symposium on July 15 and Coup D’etat – Global Impacts, Media and Democracy’ summit in Kocaeli, northwestern Turkey, ex-enlargement chief Gunter Verheugen criticized the EU for their attitude on Turkey’s membership.