"Talking Turkey in Washington Sunday, Nov. 04, 2007 By ANDREW PURVIS
The visit by Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the White House on November 5 marks an important test of the relationship between America and its best ally in the Muslim world. In Erdogan, the U.S. has a friend who is that rarest of rarities: a democratically-elected, democratically-minded, economically liberal Islamist — an important bridge between the Muslim world and the secular west. The U.S. needs Erdogan as much as Erdogan needs Washington's cooperation in a recent slew of crises."
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