"Bush Holds Up Turkey Democracy As Example
By NEDRA PICKLER
Associated Press Writer
June 8, 2005, 12:32 PM EDT
WASHINGTON -- President Bush held up Turkey's democracy as an important example for other Mideast nations Wednesday during an Oval Office meeting with the country's prime minister in which both leaders declared a strong relationship after differences over Iraq.
'We're happy that we were able to confirm that our strategic relationship will move and take place in the future as it has been done in the past,' said Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. "
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