That has nothing to do with what I m saying I can find articles that say teh same thing about Turkey s influence in the middle east The provided articles state that in each reason Turkey has a growing influence so why only write that the influence is present in the Middle East if it has growing influence in both Areas You are selectively telling the truth Including the Middle East to state that Turkey is Middle eastern and excluding the Balkans to say Turkey can not have an influence in Europe when both articles state the same thing 03 33 15 August 2012 EST