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Thursday, April 07, 2011

Turkey's Libya Stance Reflects Pursuit of Wider Influence

"Turkey's Libya Stance Reflects Pursuit of Wider Influence
Guy Taylor | Bio | 07 Apr 2011

Turkey's evolving response to the Libyan crisis is just the 'latest indication of its goal to be a power broker on the world stage,' the Associated Press reported earlier this week.

Henri Barkey, a visiting scholar in the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, says the Turkish government has 'always thought that in the past, the Turks have punched well below their weight.'"

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