But nationalists in Turkey are already playing up the issue as an example of the government selling out Turkish interests to please Europe.

They also defend Turkish interests in issues concerning Cyprus, Greece or Armenia.

How the Echo brought you first news of the Turkish interest in Rosenthal yesterday.

It is against the Turkish interests for Cyprus to become part of Greece.

The Kosovo crisis has underlined once more how closely Greek and Turkish strategic interests coincide.

His special concern has been promoting Turkish interests in the Balkans, the Caucasus and Central Asia.

In the second, the state took over its own railways and expanded them in support of Turkish financial interests.

He suggested that the Turkish Army's role would go beyond humanitarian concerns to protecting Turkish interests in the region.

As a result of these changes and of growing Turkish interest in the outside world, lines at the international counters of Istanbul's airport have been getting longer.

Russians meanwhile viewed Vainakh as being less than them, and furthermore as subversive agents of Turkish interests.