Turkey’s Erdogan to air policy differences with Obama

The Washington Post ^ | Monday, May 13, 6:25 AM | Kevin Sullivan

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ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a critical U.S. ally in the Muslim world, is struggling with the crisis in Syria, which has strained his country’s fast-growing economy, swamped it with hundreds of thousands of refugees and created unusually public friction with Washington.

The urgency of Erdogan’s concerns over Syria was underscored by Saturday’s car bombings that killed 46 people in the Turkish border town of Reyhanli, where thousands of Syrian refugees have taken shelter. Erdogan’s government blamed the blasts on the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad — an allegation that Syrian officials quickly denied.

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UK's Cameron leaves US Wednesday, Erdogan arrives Thursday.

Turkish premier to receive highest state welcome during US visit
12 May 2013 - The Journal of Turkish Weekly
http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/150251/turkish-premier-to-receive-highest-state-welcome-during-us-visit.html

Syria on their minds gives them natural gas.

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Thanks haffast.