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November 30, 2010

America's Dark View of Erdogan

Maximilian Popp, Der Spiegel

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The US is concerned about its NATO ally Turkey. Embassy dispatches portray Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan as a power-hungry Islamist surrounded by corrupt and incompetent ministers. Washington no longer believes that the country will ever join the European Union.

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