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March 13, 2012

Why Turkey Hasn't Intervened in Syria

Soner Cagaptay, The New Republic

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If Turkey has one priority these days, it's maintaining its soft power and popularity within the Middle East - and any sort of military intervention involving Turkish boots on the ground in Syria would directly undermine that.

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