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Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 June 2016
Abstract
We would like to think a little about Turkey and Europe’s common roots.1 This is an important topic both for Turkey and Europe, and, in a wider sense, for the West and the Near East. The term ‘Near East’ is of course Eurocentric, meaning the region near to, but East of, Europe. Turkey is somehow situated between these two regions and cannot be said to entirely belong to one or the other.2 The question of whether Turkey belongs to Europe or not is frequently asked but never satisfactorily answered.
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1.The information given here is based on a conference ‘Turkey and the Roots of European Culture’, organised by Professor Dr Johannes Nollé at Akdeniz University in 2007.Google Scholar
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5.A similar moot question in ancient Greece was whether Macedonians were Hellenes or not. It has now resurfaced in the quarrel about whether the ancient Macedonians can be appropriated as forefathers by the contemporary states of Greece and Macedonia.Google Scholar
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