The U.S. and Turkey

Campus Report ^ | November 9, 2007 | Heyecan Veziroglu

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The U.S. and Turkey

by: Heyecan Veziroglu, November 09, 2007

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan lauded U.S.-Turkish relations, stating that he had a fruitful debate during his visit to the White House. He emphasized the vital importance of dialogue between the two countries. After PM Erdogan’s meeting with President Bush at the Oval Office on November 5, 2007, PM Erdogan said at the National Press Club that it was TGNA’s (Turkish Grand National Assembly) decision to fight terrorists. He added that 507 of the MPs said “Yes,” and 19 MPs said “No.”

He said, “We are not on the threshold of a war, it is just considered to be an operation, not a problem to be associated with the Southern region. We got the permission to take action from TGNA.” He pointed out that AK party was the first party to win the elections in the South East of Turkey. He said, “We have 75 MPs of Kurdish origin in my party. We have relatives and connections in Northern Iraq, and in the southern region of Turkey.” When asked if the PM trusts Iraqi Kurds, he said, “We have to trust them, we have to have the spirit of solidarity with the Central Administration in Iraq .We’ll see if we can trust them or not when we examine the steps that are taken.”

Erdogan said, “Turkey has been a country of trust and stability in the region.” He added, “sharing intelligence with the U.S. is of vital importance to us. We do not require intelligence for the long-term period, but we need intelligence at the moment, we need spontaneous intelligence.”

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The U.S. and Turkey

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An obscene relationship. One that needs a stake driven through its heart..and soon

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I just want to know how many more times is Turkey going to halt the Iraq reconstruction by destroying the efforts in the northern region. If they dare bomb and attack the northern region, we are going to have redo the reconstruction, pay more money and time. Spy planes for US to monitor PKK? Tell what. If those spy drone were located in the central region and the sothern region of Iraq, more lives of our troops may have been saved. Our valuable spy drone fleet is being sacrificed for PKK that is not an immidiate and direct threat to the US troops, and could have been used in other regions to defend lives of our troops. If Turkey wants to do a surveilance, tell them to use their own resource and stop sacrificing our valuable resource.