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| The Grand Turk |
| Erdogan Eyes Expanding Turkey Influence on Latin America Tour |
| 2016-01-31 |
| [AnNahar] Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him... on Saturday embarks on a major tour of Latin American countries in a bid to expand Ankara's ties outside its traditional sphere of influence. ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... is seeking to diversify its partners beyond its traditional sphere of influence within the bounds of the former Ottoman Empire in the Middle East and the Balkans, analysts say. "The visit is part of Turkey's longer term ambition to expand its presence in Latin America, both to increase Turkish influence globally and also to reach out to new potential trade partners," said Aaron Stein, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, a U.S. think tank. With its opening to Latin America, Turkey appears to want to forge new alliances in new regions at a time of tricky ties with the United States, the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... and Russia. Turkey's "multi-vector" foreign policy also covers Africa, which has been the subject of significantly greater interest from Turkey and visits by Erdogan in recent years. Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, a former foreign minister, is seen as the architect of this policy, pushing for a pivotal role for Turkey in global and not just regional affairs. This newly-assertive foreign policy by a key NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A single organization with differing goals, equipment, language, doctrine, and organization.... member was slammed in some quarters for being "neo-Ottoman" and for drifting away from its Western axis. In a sign of its growing soft power, Turkey's soap operas are taking Latin American countries by storm, prompting TV executives across the continent to start importing Turkish series to a region more used to exporting its own "telenovelas". This reverses the long-held trend of Turkey banking on Latin American prime time soap operas. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #3 The EU could be handing over GREECE, + by extension the BALKANS, on a silver platter to Turkey [ISIS/ISIL?] iff Muslim-Migrant-invaded Greece gets shut out of the Schengen + the EU refuses to take key steps to help Greece = Athens halt the Migrant flows. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2016-01-31 20:44 |
| #2 "Beyond the traditional spere of influence widin the bounds of the former Ottoman Empire in the ME + Balkans" > AS SEXY SLINKY KELLY BUNDY = CHRISTINI APPLEGATE EXCLAIMED, "THE HELL YOU SAY"!? Methinks Kelly would say alleged Neo-Ottoman Islamist Turkey desires more than just the former boundaries of the old Ottoman Empire. TURKEY = CHINA + IRAN = RECOVERING ANY + ALL LOST TERRITORIES IS ONLY THE BEGINNING. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2016-01-31 20:38 |
| #1 Next they'll be buying Venezuela |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2016-01-31 00:58 |