Friday, November 16, 2007

Turkey's foreign policy | An eminence grise | Economist.com

"Turkey's foreign policy
An eminence grise
Nov 15th 2007 | ISTANBUL From The Economist print edition The visionary behind Turkey's newly assertive foreign policy SHIMON PERES became the first Israeli president to address the parliament of a Muslim country when he spoke to Turkish deputies on November 13th. “We may be saying different prayers, but our eyes are turned toward the same sky and toward the same vision for the Middle East,” he told an audience that included both the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Turkish one, Abdullah Gul."

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