"Sure it's fiction. But many Turks see fact in anti-US novel.
By Yigal Schleifer | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
ISTANBUL, TURKEY � The year is 2007. After a clash with Turkish forces in northern Iraq, US troops stage a surprise attack. Reeling, Turkey turns to Russia and the European Union, who turn back the American onslaught.
This is the plot of 'Metal Storm,' one of the fastest- selling books in Turkish history. The book is clearly sold as fiction, but its premise has entered Turkey's public discourse in a way that sometimes seems to blur the line between fantasy and reality."
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