"Friends by the Bosporus
Apr 8th 2009 | ISTANBUL
From The Economist print edition
Turkey basks in the glory of a two-day visit by Barack Obama
IT WAS sealed with an embrace. Barack Obama concluded his wide-ranging address to the Turkish parliament on April 6th by kissing the prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on both cheeks. That seemed to please his audience of parliamentarians, as did the American president’s pledge that his country was “not at war with Islam.” He pointed out that many Americans are part of Muslim families, and others have lived in countries where Muslims are in the majority. “I know, because I am one of them,” he said, prompting wild applause."
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