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If a picture can be worth a thousand words, this icy photograph shows how the relationship between the EU and Turkey has soured over the last years (Photo: European Union, 2021)

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It's time for a more geopolitical EU-Turkey cooperation

It's clear that the strategic relationship between Turkey and the EU has worsened in the past few years. However, as much as Turkey needs the European Union and Nato for its security, the EU and Nato need Turkey too.

In a few, crucial, neighbourhood areas the EU should consider cooperating with Turkey in a much more strategic way.

In a non-exhaustive list, Turkey could play an important role in Syria, in the Western Balkans, the Black Sea, and Afghanistan.

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If a picture can be worth a thousand words, this icy photograph shows how the relationship between the EU and Turkey has soured over the last years (Photo: European Union, 2021)

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