"Turkey Needs a Bear Hug from Obama
By Soner Cagaptay
Wall Street Journal Asia, April 6, 2009
President Barack Obama will visit Turkey today and tomorrow, flying there from NATO and European Union meetings. Mr. Obama should be applauded for his vision. America can address the challenges it faces in Turkey only by emphasizing that country's place in the West. Turkish public opinion is growing increasingly anti-Western and Turkey needs a reassuring embrace from the U.S. Yet with policy differences emerging between Washington and Ankara on issues such as Iran, the Obama visit is also a useful opportunity to call on Turkey to strengthen its Western traditions."
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