Turkey aims for starring role after uprisings
Tom Arnold
Sep 18, 2011
Last year Turkish contractors were involved in about 26 projects in the UAE, including the Dubai Metro, above. EPA
For centuries Libya, Egypt and parts of modern-day Iraq formed some of the most important outposts of the Ottoman Empire. From their borders trade flourished and commercial bridges were forged.
Today, Turkey is forging new relationships with these same countries as it seeks to assist in large-scale reconstruction and development after years of under-investment and more recently the populist uprisings of the Arab Spring.
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