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I - INTRODUCTION

Turkish - German relations were always crucial for the two countries throughout the history. However, in this paper I will focus on the most volatile and tense era between the countries. Germany and Turkey both officially and publicly were distant to each other. We can relate the tensions into three main spheres; international, internal and bilateral.

Firstly, when we look at the international sphere, with the end of the cold-war the whole world order has changed. With the emergence of new countries (CEEC's), the lift of the threat of Soviet Union, Turkey's importance in the eyes of the Germany has declined. Moreover, the increasing roles of NGO's and shift from the high security to low security issues had effected the relations by the activists, public and the media. New threats and solutions emerged.

Secondly, in the internal sphere on the one hand, Germany was under the burden of the unification. In addition the government in Germany has relatively......

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