Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Turkey starts to love its neighbours

"Turkey starts to love its neighbours

The rapprochement policies of Ahmet Davutoglu are making a splash in the region, though Israel relations remain prickly

Ahmet Davutoglu has made quite a splash since his appointment last year as Turkey's foreign minister. Formerly chief foreign policy adviser to prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the dapper professor dubbed the 'Turkish Kissinger' has energetically pursued the ruling AKP party's trademark policy of 'zero problems with neighbours', a policy he first articulated in a 2001 book, Strategic Depth."

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