"Erdogan Rebuffs U.S., Insists Turkey Isn’t Iran Ally (Update2)
June 17, 2010, 4:20 PM EDT
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(Updates with comments from U.S. lawmakers in 13th through 15th paragraphs.)
By Benjamin Harvey
June 17 (Bloomberg) -- Turkey under Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan may be headed for more tension with the U.S. as it steers an increasingly independent course, enabled by a booming economy that lessens its dependence on the West."
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