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Political missteps in Libya cause Turkey's economy to stumble - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

Political missteps in Libya cause Turkey's economy to stumble

How can we forget Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the prime minister of a NATO member, reacting to NATO plans to intervene in Libya with, “What does NATO have to do in Libya?” But Erdogan quickly reversed himself and became a supporter of the NATO operation and embraced the opposition of Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi, who had not long before awarded him the “Gadhafi Prize for Human Rights."

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