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Article: TURKISH BROADSIDE.
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- The Middle East
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- November 1, 1998
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Jon Gorvett reports from Istanbul on Turkey's worsening relations with Syria.
Opening the new session of the Turkish parliament in October, President Suleyman Demirel broke with the tradition of innocuous presidential addresses and blasted neighbouring Syria -- along with his own fellow parliamentarians.
"We retain the right to counter Syria, which has not given up its hostile attitude despite all our warnings and peaceful approaches," the president said. "Our patience is running out and we retain the right to retaliate."
This sudden outburst has followed a long period of quietly smouldering tensions between the two countries. On this ...