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Turkey has a part to play in the international community: Letter
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The Independent - London
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August 3, 1996
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Copyright informationCopyright 1996 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Sir: For too long, Turkey has been maligned and marginalised by
the international community, which has failed to understand what
Turkey is really about ("The Turkish question", 30 July).
Britain and the US have sought to be more constructive in
building a relationship with a country that desperately wants to be
democratic, wants to be accepted and to be understood. However,
this constructive approach is still too tentative, too arm's
length. The challenge and opportunity for the West is to engage
Turkey as a friend and as a country which can bring benefit to the
international community.
This is not to condone or ignore human rights abuses, nor the
country's faltering economy and the ...