"'New' Turkey, mostly Asian, eyes Europe
By Lowell Blankfort
The Middle East's largest country and straddling both Europe and Asia, crucial U.S. ally Turkey is undergoing big changes. Lowell Blankfort, a prize-winning writer and former Post co-owner, and his wife April have just returned from a three-week reporting trip there. This is the first of a series of articles.
The past has vanished.
Everything that was uttered belongs there.
Now is the time to think of new things.
- Jelaluddin Rumi,
Turkish poet (1207-1273)"
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