Turkey’s ‘Opening up to Africa’: A Passing Fad or a Long-Term Strategy?

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2009-04-03

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Bahçecik, Şerif Onur

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Ş. O. Bahçecik, “Turkey’s ‘Opening up to Africa’: A Passing Fad or a Long-Term Strategy?,” 2009, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/80348.