"Turkish foreign policy
Dreams from their fathers
Jul 23rd 2009 | ANKARA
From The Economist print edition
Turkey’s canny foreign minister seeks to pursue delicate diplomacy all around
WHEN the official result of Iran’s contested presidential election was announced last month, Turkey was one of the first countries to congratulate Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Set against the repression (and deaths) of Iranian protesters in the streets, this raised eyebrows in Europe and America. It even provoked the tired old question of whether Turkey may be turning its back on the West."
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