Alexander defeated the Persian Army, which at that time controlled all of Asia Minor, Modern Turkey, and had even threatened to control Greece.

亚历山大大败波斯军队，波斯人当时控制了整个小亚细亚，现代土耳其，甚至扬言要占领希腊。

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Talk of immediate membership is nonsense: even Turkey's friends know it will take at least ten years.

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Alas, the convulsions in Kosovo could easily involve neighboring Macedonia and Albania, nearby Bulgaria and perhaps even Turkey and Greece.

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Even Turkey, Washington's closest non-Arab ally in the Middle East outside Israel, has increasingly pursued a foreign policy independent of Washington's.

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