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The Bosphorus straits: Turkey is a vital energy route for Europe (Photo: Wikipedia)

EU needs to open energy accession chapter with Turkey

The White House is touting President Obama's visit to Turkey as the cure-all that will not only put US-Turkey relations back on track, but help to resolve some of Europe's energy security concerns.

However, media attention has focused on Mr Obama's campaign pledge to refer to Turkey's "genocide" of Armenians in the 20th century, and whether he will backtrack on that language in deference to his hosts. When it comes to the region's energy geopolitics, however, it is to Turkey's relati...

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The Bosphorus straits: Turkey is a vital energy route for Europe (Photo: Wikipedia)

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