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the solution of which could usher in new promising developments for the world. Among them, this section will focus on the challenges that Turkey is presently facing, without any clear solution yet. In the following first article, Peter Starr, based on his experience of living in Turkey for many years, analyzes the internal tensions that history has generated in this nation: equally attracted by the values which in early times have been introduced into Europe through Turkey, this modern nation remains deeply indebted to Islamic traditions, more recently inherited from its neighbourhood. In a second article, Erkan Erdogdu, from the Middle East Technical University (METU) of Ankara, presents in detail the difficult relations Turkey has had for many years in its approach to European Union membership.
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