" A Marriage Gone Sour
By Jurgen Gottschlich
Reuters
US President George W. Bush worked to improve US-Europe relations this week, but meanwhile, America's once-strong partnership with Turkey continues to erode. The Turkish population is more anti-American than ever and the Kurdish question in Iraq threatens to lead to an open break.
The piece could not have been more provocative. Just the headline of the article by Senior Editor Robert L. Pollack published last week in the Wall Street Journal was enough to make Turkey's blood boil: 'The Sick Man of Europe -- Again.' The article then went on to detail the collapse of the once-close relationship between the United States and Turkey."
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