"Why Turkey is looking East
Abdulaziz Sager
1 July 2010
The Turkish wish to shift to the East is not a new one, and it certainly did not begin with the Israeli war on Gaza or with the “Freedom Flotilla” accident.
It stems from higher national interests that have accumulated since the mid-1970s, i.e. after Turkish troops entered parts of Cyprus in 1974 and after Turkey hosted the summit of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference in 1976."
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