Monday, February 09, 2009

’Turkey pushed into international isolation’

’Turkey pushed into international isolation’: "Criticizing Israel and projecting a pro-Hamas stance is pushing Turkey into isolation in the international arena, Turkey’s former ambassador to Washington said in an interview with daily Milliyet published yesterday.

Stating that defending the Palestinian people and defending Hamas was not the same thing, Loğoğlu said being closer to Hamas would mean losing the role of mediator between Hamas and Fatah. 'If Turkey was able to preserve its previous distance to Hamas and El Fetih it would be better for everyone. But right now Turkey is situated right next to Hamas and against Israel and Fatah,' he noted."


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