"Mideast peacemaker is Turkey’s new FM
(Reuters)
4 May 2009
ISTANBUL - The appointment of Ahmet Davutoglu as foreign minister is the clearest sign yet of the priority Turkey places on the Middle East, possibly at the expense of its troubled European Union membership bid.
Few people outside Turkey and the diplomatic world will have heard of the quiet Middle East professor who devised Ankara’s policy of reengaging with its neighbours and improving regional stability. He replaces Ali Babacan."
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