Turkey and the EU
Turkey may also owe the EU substantial sums of credit for many of its pet projects. It might interest some to learn that Iraq owes Russia over 70 billion dollars, and to France over 30 billion, presumably in both cases, for large military expenditures. Not surprising that the West has an interest in Iraq's mineral wealth. There is also a massive Natural Gas pipeline from Russia that goes straight through Turkey on its way to the Med. Turkey thus becomes a key player in the distribution of energy to the West
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