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‘Obama’s visit is about Turkey’s European-ness and Western-ness’

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Published 07 April, 2009, 01:15

Soner Cagaptay, from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy believes that Barack Obama’s visit to Turkey is much more about Turkey ‘European-ness’ than about a message out to the Islamic world.

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