"US to Move for Better Turkey Ties
Elif Unal Arslan
ANKARA - Turkish Daily News
Deputy leader of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Murat Mercan appeared confident that NATO ally the United States would soon make moves to address Turkish concerns on Iraq and Cyprus to make way for patching up ties between Ankara and Washington.
Turkish-U.S. relations have suffered since March 2003, when Turkey refused to allow deployment of U.S. troops on its soil to help open a northern front on Iraq. Mercan, who went to the United States last month, told the Turkish Daily News that both sides are now willing to leave the problems of the past in the past. 'During my contacts, I saw that there is a consensus to remove the tension created by the media,' he said referring to the reports and comments of the ailing Turkish-U.S. relations."
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