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A Misnomer: Western Balkans - Teoman Ertuğrul TULUN - 10.07.2017


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Currently, the #Western block is focused on different parts of the #European continent, namely, the #Baltics and the #Balkans . Yet, unlike the #Baltic region, the Balkans has not only been experiencing political crisis but also an existential crisis for quite some time now. The #Westerncountries and specifically the #EuropeanUnion countries as a group have decided to transform the #Balkanregion ontologically, starting with its name. Apparently, the Balkans is divided into three sub regions. According to the EU; Croatia, Bulgaria, Romania, and Greece, since they are members of the EU, are not part of the Balkans anymore. On the other hand, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Albania, and Macedonia comprise the so-called "Western Balkans" sub-region. Turkey, by its lonesome self, makes up the "Eastern Balkans" region. How a single country by itself can make up a region is left unexplained. It is clear that the term "Eastern Balkans" is used as an exclusionary term; it is simply utilized by the EU to exclude Turkey from the rest of the European continent …

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