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    TURKISH ACADEMICS HAVE MIXED OPINIONS ON OBAMA WIN

    Hurriyet
    Nov 8 2012
    Turkey


    Turkish academics have mixed views about U.S. President Barack Obama's
    new term. Obama will act relatively more "relieved" during his second
    term, since he is no longer faced with the risk of failing to be
    re-elected due to term limitations in the U.S., according to Soner
    Cagaptay, director of the Turkish Research Program at the Washington
    Institute. Under the second term of the Obama administration, the U.S.

    will "zoom out" from Middle Eastern engagement, he said, adding that
    the U.S. wants Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down "slowly,"
    despite Turkey's intention to "speed up" the process.

    Soli Ozel, an academic in the International Relations Department of
    Kadir Has University, said the U.S. gave a clear message to Turkey
    about "its mishandling of the Syria crisis" by marginalizing the
    Syrian opposition with the Muslim Brotherhood's dominance in the
    movement. The U.S. sent an obvious message that Turkey could not
    handle it, according to Ozel. "We are not comfortable with the Muslim
    Brotherhood's involvement. We have decided to take this movement to
    a relatively weak place [Doha]; we will try something new there."

    'US prefers soft transition in Syria, unlike Turkey'

    Gulden Ayman, another academic in Marmara University's Political
    Science Department, said the time factor regarding the Syria crisis
    was the key point where Turkey and the U.S. fail to agree. She
    added that in Obama's second term this will come to the surface more
    than ever. While the U.S. wants a soft transition, Turkey demands
    an immediate international intervention in Syria. Ayman said such
    an action being supported by the Obama administration was not on
    the horizon.

    "The best surprise is no surprise," said İlter Turan, a professor
    at Istanbul Bilgi University. However, Turan drew attention to the
    alleged Armenian genocide's 100th anniversary, which will be during
    Obama's second term. Turkey has to deal with the 1915 incidents before
    2015 by trying to find a new way of expressing its sorrow, Turan said.

    November/08/2012



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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