Storm warning in the Mediterranean.
What does Erdogan want, what can?
The Oruc Reis, a Turkish seismic prospecting vessel, on the waters of the Bosphorus.
REUTERS / Yoruk Isik
By: Daniel Desesquelle
2 min
In recent months, Turkey has increased provocations against the European Union.
It opened its border with Greece, to refugees seeking to enter Europe.
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It harassed European frigates which, within the framework of NATO and the EU, controlled the embargo on arms trafficking to Libya.
Finally recently, she dispatched a prospecting vessel to the Greek waters of the Aegean Sea.
Beyond these provocations, what does Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan want and what can?
With:
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Didier Billion
, Deputy Director of
IRIS
(Institute for International and Strategic Relations).
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More info: here
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Ahmet Insel
, Turkish economist, publisher and political scientist.
His latest book: “
Erdogan's new Turkey
, from democratic dream to authoritarian drift
”.
La Découverte editions.
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Sinan Ülgen
, director of the
EDAM
think-tank
.
Online from Istanbul.
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More info: here.
With
Sasha Mitchell
of
Courrier International.
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