"The last couple of years were particularly difficult for Turkey due to major problems in foreign policy, with the instability in neighbouring Iraq, rising attacks by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the partial suspension of accession talks with the EU," said a senior Turkey expert at the Fund, Ian Lesser.
"Poslednjih nekoliko godina bilo je posebno teško za Tursku zbog velikih problema u spoljnoj politici, s obzirom na nestabilnost u susednom Iraku, povećanje napada Radničke partije Kurdistana (PKK) i delimično suspendovanje razgovora o pridruživanju sa EU", rekao je istaknuti turski ekspert u Fondu Ian Leser.