Turkey sees accords with Israel, Kurds as first step to greater regional role
By Roy Gutman
McClatchy Newspapers
ISTANBUL, Turkey -- After two major breakthroughs in less than a week – an accord to end a three-year squabble with Israel and a landmark step by a jailed Kurdish leader to settle a 30-year insurgency – Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s star appears to be rising – and with it, Turkey’s role as a major regional power.
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