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Wednesday, June 08, 2011

Turkey offers stability to stormy region

"Turkey offers stability to stormy region

By David Gardner in Konya

Published: June 7 2011 22:57 | Last updated: June 7 2011 22:57

One diplomatic by-product of the Arab spring has been the fretting in western capitals about Turkey’s foreign policy, specifically the vaunted “zero problems with the neighbours” policy espoused by Ahmet Davutoglu, the Turkish foreign minister, blamed for naivety and Ankara’s alleged turn eastwards."

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