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Turkey and Obama: A Golden Age in Turkish U.S. Ties? March 20, 2009 / Amberin Zaman
Despite the dramatic walkout by Turkey's prime minister from the World Economic Forum at Davos, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently made the announcement that President Barack Obama will visit the country next month. With the recent election of Obama, the United States seems to be favoring dialogue over confrontation, allowing for more cooperation on a variety of issues that includes rapprochment between the United States and Iran to curb Tehran's nuclear ambitions, reducing Western dependency on Russian gas, and stabilizing Iraq following U.S. withdrawal of troops.
As Turkey's international profile rises as it embraces its role as a regional peacemaker, are Turkish-American relations entering a "golden era"?



