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| The Grand Turk |
| Turkish Parliament Okays Sending Troops on Africa Mission |
| 2014-11-21 |
| [AnNahar] Turkish politicians approved Thursday sending troops on a year-long mission with EU forces in the Central African Republic and Mali as Turkey continues efforts to bolster its presence in the region. The motion passed easily with support from the ruling party and the main opposition, although the pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP) voted against it, the private Dogan news agency reported. The parliament gave the army a mandate of one year for the deployments. Defending the motion in parliament, Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc said passing it was a requirement of Turkey's participation in the EU's Common Security and Defense Policy. The EU has a military training mission in Mali (EUTM) and a peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (EUFOR). Turkey is seeking to boost its economic and political presence in Africa and the vote came as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him... heads to Equatorial Guinea to take part in a Turkey-Africa partnership summit. Turkey is a key NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions... member with the strategic goal of joining the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... in the future. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 D *** NG IT, DARIUS + XERXES SHALL RETURN + BE AVENGED! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-11-21 22:33 |
| #1 For the time being, alleged "Neo-Ottoman" TURKEY has to look mostly outside of the ME for its "Manifest Destiny", where it can achieve the same at minimal to no MilPol/Geopol confrontations or wars wid other Nations. That being said, looks like ANKARA wants to copy Vlad = Russia, ala securing the Crimea ... ... * MANILA TIMES > TURKEY TO BRIDGE DARDANELLES IN NEW MEGA PROJECTS. SAVING ISTANBUL FOREVAR! FROM THOSE WILY DASTARDLY TROJAN + OTTTOMAN-HATING GREEKS - EAST EURO MUSLIMS??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-11-21 22:32 |