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Tuesday, March 04, 2008

The Daily Star - Editorial - Time for Turkey to step forward and play its natural regional role

"Time for Turkey to step forward and play its natural regional role
By The Daily Star

Editorial

Several parts of the Middle East are locked in crisis, the core cause remains the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the resultant complications have pitted world and regional powers against one another. Despite myriad complications, one country deals with virtually all other players in the region but has yet to realize its potential as moderating force: Turkey, whose good relations with seemingly apposite forces was clearly demonstrated when its recent campaign against Kurdish rebels inside Iraq was supported by both Iran and Syria on one hand, and America on the other."

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