DC's Turkish denial

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Author(s) Ralph Peters
Source New York Post
Date June 4, 2010
URL http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/dc_turkish_denial_j3JmVrSXVlSdMsgy9nhbTN
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Quotes-start.png "Since taking office in 2003, Erdogan has worked relentlessly to neuter the military, casting private conversations as coup plots and trumping up charges to arrest popular generals. Faced with an upcoming Turkish-Israeli-US naval exercise, Erdogan saw an opportunity to sever the long-standing links between his military and Israel's. The timing of that "aid" flotilla was no accident." Quotes-end.png


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This item argues for the position Outcome was Turkey's fault on the topic Gaza flotilla raid.