"Cook: Pope’s Visit Finds Turkey Preoccupied with European, Kurdish, Cypriot Issues
Steven CookSteven A. Cook, CFR’s leading expert on Turkey, says the country is so preoccupied with issues of European Union membership, continuing problems over divided Cyprus, and the Kurdish issues that the pending visit of Pope Benedict XVI has not aroused much interest. "
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