"Gunduz Aktan: Turkish-American relations (2)
Saturday, February 5, 2005
Gunduz Aktan
The reason behind the downhill trend in bilateral relations between the two countries may be mutual misunderstanding. American diplomats complain about the �conspiracy theories� that dominate the Turkish media and public. In our country, it is being reported that the United States aims to control Iraqi oil, instead of bringing democracy to the country, eliminate Islam, divide Iraq into three sections, use the terrorist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK/Kongra-gel) against us, ignore the Turkmens and to give Kirkuk to the Kurds, paving the way for Kurds to divide turkey. U.S. officials say that misunderstandings concerning their intentions in Iraq were the main reasons behind the deterioration of bilateral relations. "
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