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Article: Turkey, Greece and the EU - Aegean rumpus.(Brief Article)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- October 28, 2000
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AT FIRST glance, this was just another in a long line of tiresome territorial spats between Greeks and Turks who know that actually coming to blows would benefit neither of them. All the same, Greece's decision to pull its forces out of a joint NATO exercise in the Aegean Sea this week could be a sign of something bigger--a clouding of Turkey's hopes of joining the European Union.
When Operation Destined Glory 2000 began on October 9th, the landing of 130 Greek marines on Turkish soil, the stationing of six Greek jet fighters at a Turkish airbase and visits by two Greek frigates to a Turkish port were all hailed as a breakthrough. But the ...