"How To Get U.S.-Turkish Relations Back on Track
By Benjamin Katcher, New America Foundation
Hurriyet | April 7, 2009
U.S. President Barack Obama’s decision to visit Turkey this week indicates that he is looking to Ankara to help implement his diplomatic strategy in the Middle East, a role to which Turkey aspires but has not yet demonstrated the capacity to fulfill. A predominantly Muslim democracy located at the intersection of Europe and the Middle East, Turkey has enjoyed a strategic partnership with the United States for nearly 60 years. But the nature of the alliance has come into question recently as result of the American invasion of Iraq as well as changes within Turkey itself. "
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