"Analysis: Turkey's US embrace
By Paul Reynolds
World Affairs correspondent, BBC News website
The United States hopes that Turkey will develop into a strategic ally as a democratic moderate Muslim country locked both into Nato, as now, and into the European Union one day.
The US hopes Turkey will be a force for moderation in the region
In the Cold War, Turkey stood on the front line against the Soviet Union.
In the war on terror, Washington wants it to stand firm against Islamic extremism and to be part of the Bush administration's project to spread democracy in what is called the Greater Middle East. "
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