Analysis - Turkey's tough foreign policy talk may backfire
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures during a news conference at the Rixos Hotel in Tripoli September 16, 2011. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny
By Ibon Villelabeitia
ANKARA | Tue Sep 20, 2011 6:22pm BST
(Reuters) - Turkey's threats to send warships to gas fields in the eastern Mediterranean mark a new projection of Ankara's growing power in the region, challenging Cyprus's drilling plans and casting a shadow over Israel's preparations to exploit huge deposits.
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