"Turkish leader rebuilds Israeli ties
By Greg Myre The New York Times
TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2005
JERUSALEM In a rare visit by the leader of a Muslim country, Turkey's prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, came to Israel, offering to serve as a Middle East peace mediator and looking to build on trade and military ties.
Relations between Turkey and Israel had been developing steadily since they established full diplomatic relations more than a decade ago. They became strained last year when Erdogan sharply criticized what he called Israel's violent policies toward the Palestinians, and his government briefly recalled two diplomats."
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