21/10/2003 (Agence Europe) - The “Brussels Mediterranean days” event will be opened on 23 October in Brussels by Charles-Fernand Nothomb, President of MEDEA. The first day will focus on a cultural day" on 20 January 2004 and explore the subject of, "History of Turkey, from its millenary origins to present time”. In November the following meetings will focus on: "The strategic position of Turkey" and "Turkey, the first European emerging market"; in December "Turkey, between reforms and challenges". A press statement points out that the MEDEA Institute was set up in 1995 to help "cooperation, development and stability in the Mediterranean". (Internet site: http://www.medea.be ).