Italian Foreign Minister franco Frattini (L) chats with Turkish counterpart Ali Babacan prior to the Foreign Affairs Minister meeting at the NATO Headquarters on November 2, 2008 in Brussels. NATO foreign ministers met on December 2 aiming to overcome divisions about the best strategy for dealing with Russia and how to allow former Soviet Georgia and Ukraine to keep working toward membership. Getty Images logo Getty Images 12 months ago

Italian Foreign Minister franco Frattini (L) chats with Turkish counterpart Ali Babacan prior to the Foreign Affairs Minister meeting at the NATO Headquarters on November 2, 2008 in Brussels. NATO foreign ministers met on December 2 aiming to overcome divisions about the best strategy for dealing with Russia and how to allow former Soviet Georgia and Ukraine to keep working toward membership.

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  1. MADRID, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 22: Supporters of former Spanish dictator General Francisco Franco give fascist salutes during a rally commemorating the 34st anniversary of Spanish dictator General Francisco Franco's death on November 22, 2009 in Madrid, Spain. Franco supporters gather every year on the Sunday closest to November 20, the anniversary of Franco's death in 1975 and Falange founder Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera's execution by the Republicans 39 years earlier. Falange is the political movement linked with Franco.
  2. Far right wing supporters salute outside the Madrid Opera House during a homage to former Spanish dictator Gen. Francisco Franco on the 34th anniversary of his death, in Madrid, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009.

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  1. Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, right, shakes hands with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, of Denmark, left, on the occasion of their meeting at Chigi Premier's Palace, in Rome, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. At center is Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini.
  2. Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, left, shakes hands with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, of Denmark, on the occasion of their meeting at Chigi Premier's Palace, in Rome, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. At right is Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini.
  3. Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini speaks during the 6th Turkish-Italian Forum in Istanbul November 18, 2009.
  4. Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini (R) listens as Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu speaks during the 6th Turkish-Italian Forum in Istanbul November 18, 2009.
  5. Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (L) and Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini shake hands after the 6th Turkish-Italian Forum in Istanbul November 18, 2009.
  6. Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, right, and his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu pose for cameras after their meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009.
  7. MADRID, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 22: Blas Pinar (R), the historical leader of the Fuerza Nueva party, gestures during his speech at a rally commemorating the 34thanniversary of Spanish dictator General Francisco Franco's death on November 22, 2009 in Madrid, Spain. Franco supporters gather every year on the Sunday closest to November 20, the anniversary of Franco's death in 1975 and Falange founder Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera's execution by the Republicans 39 years earlier. Falange is the political movement linked with Franco.
  8. MADRID, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 22: Blas Pinar, the historical leader of the right-wing Fuerza Nueva party, gestures during his speech at a rally commemorating the 34th anniversary of Spanish dictator General Francisco Franco's death on November 22, 2009 in Madrid, Spain. Franco supporters gather every year on the Sunday closest to November 20, the anniversary of Franco's death in 1975 and Falange founder Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera's execution by the Republicans 39 years earlier. Falange is the political movement linked with Franco.
  9. MADRID, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 22: Blas Pinar, the historical leader of the right-wing Fuerza Nueva party, gestures during his speech at a rally commemorating the 34th anniversary of Spanish dictator General Francisco Franco's death on November 22, 2009 in Madrid, Spain. Franco supporters gather every year on the Sunday closest to November 20, the anniversary of Franco's death in 1975 and Falange founder Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera's execution by the Republicans 39 years earlier. Falange is the political movement linked with Franco.
  10. MADRID, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 22: Supporters of former Spanish dictator General Francisco Franco listen to the speech of Blas Pinar, the historical leader of the Fuerza Nueva party, during a rally commemorating the 34th anniversary of Spanish dictator General Francisco Franco's death on November 22, 2009 in Madrid, Spain. Franco supporters gather every year on the Sunday closest to November 20, the anniversary of Franco's death in 1975 and Falange founder Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera's execution by the Republicans 39 years earlier. Falange is the political movement linked with Franco.
  11. MADRID, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 22: Supporters of former Spanish dictator General Francisco Franco give fascist salutes during a rally commemorating the 34th anniversary of Spanish dictator General Francisco Franco's death on November 22, 2009 in Madrid, Spain. Franco supporters gather every year on the Sunday closest to November 20, the anniversary of Franco's death in 1975 and Falange founder Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera's execution by the Republicans 39 years earlier. Falange is the political movement linked with Franco.
  12. MADRID, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 22: Supporters of former Spanish dictator General Francisco Franco give fascist salutes during a rally commemorating the 34st anniversary of Spanish dictator General Francisco Franco's death on November 22, 2009 in Madrid, Spain. Franco supporters gather every year on the Sunday closest to November 20, the anniversary of Franco's death in 1975 and Falange founder Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera's execution by the Republicans 39 years earlier. Falange is the political movement linked with Franco.
  13. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan listens to Devlet Bahceli, leader of the opposition Nationalist Action Party, unseen, during a debate on government's "Kurdish initiative" in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. Turkish Parliament begun discussing the decades-long issue in a tense atmosphere .Erdogan's deputy Ali Babacan is at the left.
  14. Turkey's President Abdullah Gul (C) sits with Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (3rd L), Deputy Prime Ministers Cemil Cicek (2nd L) and Ali Babacan (L), Turkey's top military commander General Ilker Basbug (4th R), Commander of the Land Forces General Isik Kosaner (3rd R), Navy Commander Admiral Esref Yigit (2nd R) and Air Force Commander General Hasan Aksay (R) during a National Security Council meeting in Ankara October 20, 2009.
  15. ISTANBUL, TURKEY - OCTOBER 6: In this handout image supplied by the IMF, International Monetary Fund's Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan (L), World Bank President Robert Zoellick (2nd L), Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (2nd R) and International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (R) talk prior to attending the Opening Plenary of the 2009 IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings at the Istanbul Congress Center on October 6, 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey. The 2009 Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and the IMF will be held on October 6-7 to discuss the future work of the two institutions and were preceded by meetings of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC), the Development Committee.
  16. ISTANBUL, TURKEY - OCTOBER 6: In this handout image supplied by the IMF, International Monetary Fund's Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan (L), Chairman of the Board of Governors Nguyen Van Giau (2nd L), World Bank President Robert Zoellick (C), Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (2nd R), International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (R) pose prior to attending the Opening Plenary of the 2009 IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings at the Istanbul Congress Center on October 6, 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey. The 2009 Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and the IMF will be held on October 6-7 to discuss the future work of the two institutions and were preceded by meetings of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC), the Development Committee.

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