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that liberalization, which is connected to EU integration, is weakening the role and power of the military

more compatible with the outside world.

the Mediterranean Union, the brainchild of the French President Nicholas Sarkozy, as an alternative path for Turkey’s interaction with Europe.

"Turkey wants a globally effective NATO, a stronger Turkish-American cooperation, as well as Turkey in the EU. It is vital for the peace, stability, and cooperation," says a senior Turkish diplomat who visited Washington last month.

Turkey is among the most anti-American Muslim societies. Anti-Semitism,

Prime Minister Erdogan smashed Israel’s operation in Gaza as "inhumane", coming across as a Hamas supporter.

high-level contacts between Turkey and Armenia

Turkey supports territorial integrity of Georgia, including Abkhazia and South Ossetia as part of Georgia.

the U.S. and EU will be accommodated or integrated into the Caucasus initiative.

Russia and Turkey, together with the three South Caucasus countries ( Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan), but omitted the U.S. and EU, as well as Iran.

Turkey is an important energy transit country.

Abdullah Gul, Ilham Aliev and Gurbanguli Berdymuhammedov, in port of Turkmenbashi on the Caspian coast

It also showed that Turkey could play a major role in its implementation.

Turkey played a positive role in Afghanistan,

watch closely how the incoming Obama administration deals with the Armenian genocide resolution, which the Armenian lobby and its supporters in Congress propose yearly to the U.S. government.

Turkey is willing to participate in tighter sanctions against Iran, if and when sanctioned by the U.N. Security Council

the relations between the U.S. and Turkey will remain complex,

from the Caucasus to Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan, which dictate further dialogue