...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
an Union blacklisted two
The EU asset freezes and travel bans on two employees of
...Qatar's satrapy in Asia Minor...’s oil and natural-gas exploration in waters that are part of the exclusive economic zone of member country Cyprus. The sanctions also are the first of their kind in response to the actions of a nation seeking to join the EU.
At the same time, the decision by EU governments in Brussels stops short of targeting any
"Hanging in the balance is a possible influx of Syrian refugees into Europe," said Michael Emerson of the CEPS think tank in the Belgian capital. "It’s a highly sensitive political issue in the EU."
Relations between the EU and Turkey have been deteriorating since
...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important...
responded to a failed coup attempt in mid-2016 by unleashing a widespread crackdown on political opponents.
Ties soured further in 2018 when the
The acrimony has halted negotiations on a bid for EU membership by Turkey, which has been seeking to join the bloc since the 1980s and began accession talks in 2005. The energy-exploration tensions are a reminder of the most basic European disagreement with Turkey: its occupation of the northern part of Cyprus since a 1974 invasion.