"Turkey changes tack on Libya
Thursday, May 5, 2011
SEMİH İDİZ
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan realigned Turkey’s Libya policy earlier this week in favor of the Transitional National Council, or TNC, in Benghazi, prior to Thursday’s international talks on the situation in Libya in Rome. Erdoğan, in harsh remarks aimed at Moammar Gadhafi, effectively placed Turkey on the side of the rebels after weeks of trying to sit on the fence between the two sides. It was noteworthy that Erdoğan’s remarks also came just days after Ankara decided to close its embassy in Tripoli and evacuate its staff."
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