"On Turkish-American Fault Line
Figuratively speaking, 2004 was the year to repair the damage caused by the Iraq war-quake driven tsunami waves that struck Turkish-American relations. Despite the positive atmosphere created by the U. S. visit of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in January and the Turkey visit of U. S. President George W. Bush in June, aftershocks such as the Talafar crisis and Fallujah reaction were felt. If you so desire, in these first days of the New Year, let's wander around the Turkish-American fault line, which considerably became evident after the incident of the 2003 motion (on whether or not to allow U. S. troops to use Turkish territory as a springboard against Iraq) and is still in a dangerously fragile state. "
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