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    Turkish Press, Turkey
    Feb 7 2005

    A Very Important Visit
    BYEGM: 2/7/2005
    BY YILMAZ OZTUNA

    TURKIYE- US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will be in the world
    media spotlight over the next four years as both the architect and
    advocate of Pax Americana. Her visit to Ankara aimed to determine the
    extent of US cooperation with Turkey over the coming months. Speaking
    at a press conference following his meeting with Rice at Esenboga
    Airport, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan called Washington a
    strategic ally. This definition means that Turkey will support the
    US' Iran and Syria policies, because our bilateral ties are at a
    turning point.

    Rice's visit was meant to put pressure on Syria and Iran to cease
    their support of terrorist groups and quest to produce nuclear
    weapons. If these efforts don't bear fruit, the US will start
    concrete action. Will Turkey hold up its end of the strategic
    alliance? The US will arrange its policy accordingly. If Ankara
    doesn't support it, Washington will move closer to northern Iraq's
    Kurds as well as Armenia. The US is expecting understanding from such
    key Arab countries as Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Otherwise it will try
    to bring democracy to them, as they seem unable to do so on their
    own.
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