With his announcement that the Hagia Sophia will be reconverted into a mosque, Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan is seeking to foment identity conflict for political gain. Thus far, the opposition has avoided the trap and declined to enter this fight. Salim Çevik argues that Europe should do the same.

Point of View, 17.07.2020

Yaşar Aydın

Modernisation of the EU–Turkey Customs Union

The German Debate on Modernisation of the Customs Union Considering Economic Interests, Prospects of Cooperation and Political Obstacles

Centre for Applied Turkey Studies (CATS), Working Paper Nr. 03, July 2020, 32 pages
doi:10.18449/2020WP06v02

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