Turkish naval warships to accompany Turkish prime minister on the next aid mission

[ekrem]

Today was meeting of Turkish-Arab economic Forum.
On the sidelines, Turkey and 3 Arab countries agreed to establish a free-trade zone.
- Turkey
- Syria
- Lebanon
- Jordan

Turkey has free-trade agreements with serveral neighbours, the uniqueness here is, that e.g. Syria will also have free-trade area with Lebanon or Jordan.
Turkish FM said, that other countries are invited to join the free-trade area.

EDIT: Israel
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[P F Tinmore]

You do not have the slightest idea what you are talking about because you are of your father the Devil. I am fed up with all of the Islamic murders for the glory of their so called God.

Take your hocus pocus to the religion board.

Hocus Pocus! I have seen the murders on the news for half a century now. You'd think that even the Islamics would grow tired of all of the beheading videos.

Show me one from Palestine.

 

[al Haq]

There have been more beheadings in Mexico over just the past year than for at least the last 25 years in Islamic countries.

 

[PatekPhilippe]

Tinmore is nothing more than a jew hating bigot who gets his talking points and Nazi regalia he likes to dress up in from some Aryan Nation website. Anyone who cannot see that the Palestinians are ruled by a terrorist group and who does not condemn this or continually defends Hamas' actions is a fucking moron.

 

[ekrem]

Today was meeting of Turkish-Arab economic Forum.
On the sidelines, Turkey and 3 Arab countries agreed to establish a free-trade zone.
- Turkey
- Syria
- Lebanon
- Jordan

Turkey has free-trade agreements with serveral neighbours, the uniqueness here is, that e.g. Syria will also have free-trade area with Lebanon or Jordan.
Turkish FM said, that other countries are invited to join the free-trade area.

EDIT: Israel
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This High-Level Quadruple Council will convene at the prime ministerial level every year, but ministers will collaborate more frequently, meeting four times a year under a rotating group president system.
(...)
“There will be more moves regarding economic affairs. Since Turkey’s economy is stronger, other countries will benefit more from this cooperation,”(...) “But stronger economic ties with Turkey will also provide these countries with a closer political proximity to Ankara.” --- Muharrem Hilmi Özel, a Middle East expert for the Turkish Asian Center for Strategic Studies, or TASAM

As EU vision fades, 'MEU vision' emerges among Turkey, neighbors - Hurriyet Daily News and Economic Review

 

[ekrem]

PBS-Video:
A U.S. ally in the Middle East starts going its own way.

U.S., Turkey Face Growing Foreign Policy Divide | PBS NewsHour | June 11, 2010 | PBS

 

[ekrem]

This High-Level Quadruple Council will convene at the prime ministerial level every year, but ministers will collaborate more frequently, meeting four times a year under a rotating group president system.
(...)
“There will be more moves regarding economic affairs. Since Turkey’s economy is stronger, other countries will benefit more from this cooperation,”(...) “But stronger economic ties with Turkey will also provide these countries with a closer political proximity to Ankara.” --- Muharrem Hilmi Özel, a Middle East expert for the Turkish Asian Center for Strategic Studies, or TASAM

As EU vision fades, 'MEU vision' emerges among Turkey, neighbors - Hurriyet Daily News and Economic Review

The Muslim entities of Balkans are also not forgotten:

Albanian president signed on 2 June a bill that allows to station Turkish Army on Albanian territory.
The first Turkish deployment to take advantage of the new bill is a squadron of five Turkish warships, with 1125 personnel aboard.
Turkey to send naval squadron to Albania - Foreign - The Sofia Echo

 

[CMike]

It's time to kick the turkeys out of NATO.

 

[georgephillip]

According to former Chief of General Staff Uzi Dayan, Israel will consider any Turkish warships sent with the next flotilla trying to break the blockade of Gaza acts of war.

"If the Turkish prime minister joins such a flotilla," Dayan said, "we should make clear beforehand this would be an act of war, and we would not try to take over the ship he was on, but would sink it."

It won't matter who's "right" and who's "wrong".

Turkey and Israel are both big enough to bloody the other.

Flag-flappers in both countries will squeal revenge.

If it happens in the midst of a stock market slide that makes fall 2008 look like the good 'ol days...?