Cash to cachet, Turkey is envy of Arab street
October 8, 2011
The Middle East is watching with admiration the rise of a new leader, writes Paul McGeough.
As a country that for years engaged the world's news consciousness only in the context of its never-ending dispute with Greece over the island of Cyprus, Turkey is racing ahead of the US and Europe to position itself as an architect of the new Middle East.
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