Turkey revives the idea of the Ottoman Empire
Tags: Russia, Opinion & Analysis, Politics, World, Turkey
Sergey Duz
Nov 9, 2012 19:35 Moscow Time
Turkey reserves the right to acquire all kinds of weapons to defend itself against any Syrian threat, Turkish President Abdullah Gul declared last Thursday.
This was his comment on the rumours that Ankara intended to ask NATO to deploy Patriot surface-to-air missiles on Turkish territory, allegedly due to the growing tension on the Turkish-Syrian border.
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