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Thursday, October 09, 2014

SUAT KINIKLIOĞLU - How has Turkey transformed into a Middle Eastern country?

How has Turkey transformed into a Middle Eastern country?

Last year I attended a conference in Washington and asked a former US ambassador who served in Ankara whether the US administration sees Turkey as a European or a Middle Eastern country. His reply was thoughtful: “Turkey is neither European nor Middle Eastern, and interestingly not very Turkish anymore…” Unfortunately, there was a lot of truth in that comment.

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