Have we ever stopped to ask ourselves if our treatment of Turkey has ben anything but unfair? When have Europe and the United States ever listened to Turkey´s requests for a more open treatment? Ever since the occupation of the Turkish region of Cyprus, Ankara has been treated like a dangerous aggressor. Like almost any nation, Turkey is guilty of many things. I do not present her as a little white lamb, but just maybe the situation from which she is trying to find daylight is in part due to our fears and prejudices that label her before conversations really start. Have we done much in the recent past that would have helped the Turks from being cornered with nowhere to go as they are now? We may need Turkey as much as Russia and Iran do.
Turkey in the Middle
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