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20Berlemont, I. (25 July, 2012). France-Turkish Relations: Expectations from François Hollande’s Presidential Term. Wise Men Center for Strategic Studies.Retrieved from: http://www.bilgesam.org/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=524:french-turkish-relations-expectations-fromfrancois-hollandes-presidential-term&catid=70:ab-analizler&Itemid=13121German-Turkish Trade Relations are Gaining Momentum. (2 April, 2012). Deutschwelle. Retrieved from: http://www.dw.de/german-turkish-traderelations-are-gaining-momentum/a-15853653-122Gezer, O. and Reimann, A. (28 February, 2011). “You are Part of Germany, But Also Part of Great Turkey”. Der Spiegel. Retrieved from: http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/erdogan-urges-turks-not-to-assimilate-you-are-part-of-germany-but-also-part-of-our-great-turkey-a-748070.html23House of Commons. (2012). p.77.24Coskun, O. (30 October, 2012). EU Will Lose Turkey If It Hasn’t Joined By 2023: Erdogan. Reuters. Retrieved from: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/30/us-germany-turkey-idUSBRE89T1TG2012103025The EU and Turkey: Steering a Safer Path Through the Storms. (1 December 2011). EU Observer. Retrieved from: http://euobsever.com/opinion/11447326Those eight chapters are: company law; right of establishment and freedom to provide services; information society and media; statistics; judiciaryand fundamental rights; justice, freedom and security; consumer and health protection; and financial control.27Benitez, J. (19 November, 2012). German Defense Minister Expects Request Today to Deploy Patriot Missiles to Turkey. NATO Source (Weblog post).Retrieved from: http://www.acus.org/natosource/german-defense-minister-expects-request-today-deploy-patriot-missiles-turkey28Crawford, D., Peker, E. and Fidler, S. (26 November, 2012). Germany, Turkey Spar Over Patriots. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved from: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324784404578143271316436766.html?mod=googlenews_wsj29As mentioned previously, of the 76 journalists currently imprisoned in Turkey, more than 70 percent are of Kurdish ethnicity. See Committee toProtect Journalists (October 2012). p.20.30International Crisis Group. (2 April, 2012). Aphrodite’s Gift: Can Cypriot Gas Power A New Dialogue? (issue brief). Retrieved from: http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/publication-type/media-releases/2012/europe/cyprus-aphrodites-gift-can-cypriot-gas-power-a-new-dialogue.aspx31Ibid.32Turkey’s Foreign Ministry has announced that any oil and gas companies cooperating with Nicosia would be banned from energy projects insideTurkey. See Turkey Warns Oil Firms Eyeing Cyprus Shelf. (5 November, 2012). UPI. Retrieved from: http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Energy-Resources/2012/11/05/Turkey-warns-oil-firms-eyeing-Cyprus-shelf/UPI-99481352091840/33International Crisis Group (2 April, 2012). Aphrodite’s Gift: Can Cypriot Gas Power a New Dialogue?34See OSCE Guide on Non-military Confidence-Building Measures (CBMs). Retrieved from: http://www.osce.org/cpc/9108235See European Commission (21 June, 2012). Statement by EU Commissioner Cecelia Malstroem on the Initialling of the EU-Turkey ReadmissionAgreement. (memo/14/477). Retrieved from: http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-12-477_en.htm36In its 2011 Human Rights Report, the US State Department cited Turkey for “deficiencies in effective access to justice”, including “broad lawsagainst terrorism and threats against the state” as well as “close connections between prosecutors and judges [that] gave the appearance ofimpropriety and unfairness in criminal cases…”. In US State Department (2011). Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 2011: Turkey.Retrieved from: http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/186624.pdf.37During a two-day trip to Turkey, O’Connor met with members of the High Council of Jurors and Prosecutors, the Justice Academy, andConstitutional Court. See US State Department (5 October 2011). Justice O’Connor: Keep It Short, Keep It Simple (press release). Retrieved from:http://turkey.usembassy.gov/justice_oconnor.html38For more on this topic, see Sidar Global Advisors, US Chamber of Commerce, and Turkish Industry and Business Association. (March 2012).US-Turkish Economic Relations in a New Era: Analysis and Recommendations for a Stronger Strategic Partnership. Retrieved from: http://www.uschamber.com/sites/default/files/reports/20120312-USCC-Report.pdf.39See European Commission (10 October 2012). Turkey: 2012 Progress Report. Retrieved from: http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/pdf/key_documents/2012/package/tr_rapport_2012_en.pdf40Because of the EU-Turkey Customs Union, a third country that signs an FTA with the EU can get access, without customs duties, to both the EUmarket and the Turkish market. Turkey, however, cannot benefit from the same access to the FTA partner market, since it is not technically part of theaccord. The EU has attached a “Turkey clause” to its FTAs with third parties, whereby it asks the latter to conclude a similar agreement with Turkey.But these are non-binding clauses, and the EU has not really tried to enforce them.41Togan, S. (March 2012). The EU-Turkey Customs Union: A Model for Future Euro-Med Integration. The Center for European Policy Studies. (MEDPROtechnical report No. 9). Retrieved from: http://www.ceps.eu/book/eu-turkey-customs-union-model-future-euro-med-integration42EU, Turkey Attempt Immigration Give-and-Take. (22 June, 2012). EurActiv. Retrieved from: http://www.euractiv.com/justice/eu-turkey-attemptimmigration-gi-news-51349843See Phillips, D. de Waal, T. and Lemmon, H.E.M. (17 April, 2012). Diplomatic History: The Turkey-Armenia Protocols. Carnegie Endowment forInternational Peace. Retrieved from: http://carnegieendowment.org/2012/04/17/diplomatic-history-turkey-armenia-protocols and International CrisisGroup. (14 April, 2009). Turkey and Armenia: Opening Minds, Opening Borders (Europe report no. 199). Retrieved from: http://www.crisisgroup.org/~/media/Files/europe/199_turkey_and_armenia___opening_minds_opening_borders_1.pdf8 8Citations