"Turkey between Europe and the Islamic World
Reciprocal Influences, Convoluted Relations
Muhammad Noureddine
Saturday 10 March 2007 - 07:20
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The rapprochement of Turkey with the EU could have positive repercussions on European relations with the Arab-Islamic world, says Lebanese expert on Turkish Studies Muhammad Noureddine.
For four hundred years the Arab world was an integral part of the Ottoman Empire, and Arabs were the last ethnic group to demand independence from the Ottoman center. But after the First World War ended with the defeat of the Ottoman Empire, a dark chapter of tense relations began between Turkey and the Arab world."
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