"Turkey's EU Membership's Impact on the Caucasus
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There are relatively three small countries (Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia) and three large countries (Russia, Turkey, and Iran) in the Caucasus. With the collapse of the USSR, Turkey does not have common boundaries with Russia anymore. Turkey has been one of the first countries to recognize the newly independent states."
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