"Obama arrives in Turkey to strengthen ties
The US president's public backing of Turkey's bid to join the European Union irked France and Germany, but will help boost ties with a key Muslim ally.
By Yigal Schleifer | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
Istanbul, Turkey - After helping broker crisis-averting deals at last week's G-20 meeting in London and the NATO summit in Strasbourg, President Barack Obama helped set off an internal European fight by publicly endorsing the European Union membership bid of Turkey, where he will end his tour."
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