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Visiting Houston, Turkey envoy says Egypt will solve own issues | Houston & Texas News | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

"Turkey envoy says Cairo will solve own issues
Ambassador here says region 'is a powder keg'
By JEANNIE KEVER
HOUSTON CHRONICLE

Turkey has played an increasingly visible role in Arab affairs in recent years, but the country's top diplomat in the United States suggested Friday that the violence in Egypt is an internal matter.

'I think the people of Egypt will decide,' Namik Tan, Turkey's ambassador to the U.S., told members of the Chronicle editorial board. 'No one else.'"

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