"With or without EU, Turkey is rising
EU leaders meet this week to decide whether to freeze partially the entry bid of an increasingly self-confident Turkey.
By Yigal Schleifer | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
ISTANBUL, TURKEY – Like a game of high-stakes chicken set on the global stage, Turkey and the European Union have been locked in a tense standoff ahead of this week's deadline for Turkey to open its ports to Cypriot vessels or face consequences."
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