Monday, January 30, 2012

Op-chart: Turkey's changing world – Global Public Square - CNN.com Blogs

Op-chart: Turkey's changing world
Source: Turkish Republic Ministry of Economy official website (http://www.ekonomi.gov.tr)
January 30th, 2012

Editor's Note: Soner Cagaptay is a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Hale Arifagaoglu is a research assistant at the Institute. Bilge Menekse is a former research intern at the Institute.

By Soner Cagaptay, Hale Arifagaoglu and Bilge Menekse - Special to CNN

Over the course of the 20th Century, Turkey’s world became increasingly Eurocentric. The country joined European and broader Western institutions, such as the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), while also moving to become a member to the European Union (EU)

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