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Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Turkey alters its compass

"Turkey alters its compass

Linda S. Heard

Turkey’s affiliations under the leadership of the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a devout Muslim, are swinging from West to East. This is good news for the Arab world as Ankara is a major political and military player on the international stage with substantial clout. In recent times, Turkey has thawed the freeze with Syria by signing a slew of economic, cultural, social and strategic cooperation agreements and is mulling over lifting visa restrictions for Syrian and Lebanese nationals."

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