No More Mr. Nice Guy
By ANDREW FINKEL
ISTANBUL — For much of the Cold War, Turkey was NATO’s lonely sentinel, patrolling Europe’s southern flank. It’s not surprising that the thawing of that conflict left Turkey feeling somewhat abandoned. Its principal function — a strategic importance to its Western allies — had been devalued by the removal of the Soviet threat.
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