{"id":20239,"date":"2010-06-28T23:01:05","date_gmt":"2010-06-28T21:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishforum.com.tr\/en\/content\/?p=20239"},"modified":"2023-04-06T10:25:02","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T07:25:02","slug":"us-turkey-must-show-commitment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2010\/06\/28\/us-turkey-must-show-commitment\/","title":{"rendered":"US: Turkey must show commitment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[ Breadcrumb End ]--> <!--[ Block Spacer Start ]--> <!--[ Block Spacer End ]--> <!-- Iranian Threat - Article control --> <script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n    function ViewBackground()\n    {\n        document.getElementById(\"DivBackground\").style.width=document.body.clientWidth+\"px\";\n        document.getElementById(\"DivBackground\").style.height=document.body.clientHeight+\"px\";\n        document.getElementById(\"DivBackground\").style.display=\"inline\";\n    }\n    function WindowResize()\n    {\n        if(document.getElementById(\"DivBackground\").style.display==\"inline\")\n            ViewBackground();\n    }\n    window.onresize=WindowResize;\n    function CloseForm()\n    {\n        document.getElementById(\"PopUpDiv\").style.display=\"none\";\n        document.getElementById(\"DivBackground\").style.display=\"none\";\n        document.getElementById(\"IFrameData\").src=\"\";\n    }\n    function AddTalkBack()\n    {\n\n    try\n    {\n\n        var id = location.search.substring(1).split(\"=\");\n        ViewBackground();\n        document.getElementById(\"PopUpDiv\").style.display = \"inline\";\n        document.getElementById(\"IFrameData\").src = \"..\/..\/LandedPages\/AddTalkback.aspx?id=\"+id[1];\n     }\n     catch(a){};\n    }\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<div><!--         .large_body p, .large_body span         {             font-size: 18px; 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Gordon told The Associated Press in an interview. &#8220;There  are people asking questions about it in a way that is new, and that in  itself is a bad thing that makes it harder for the United States to  support some of the things that Turkey would like to see us support.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gordon  cited Turkey&#8217;s vote against a US-backed United Nations Security Council  resolution on new sanctions against Iran and noted Turkish rhetoric  after Israel&#8217;s deadly assault on a Gaza-bound flotilla last month. The  Security Council vote came shortly after Turkey and Brazil, to  Washington&#8217;s annoyance, had brokered a nuclear fuel-swap deal with Iran  as an effort to delay or avoid new sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>Some US lawmakers  who have supported Turkey have lashed out and warned of consequences for  Ankara since the Security Council vote and the flotilla raid that left  eight Turks and one Turkish-American dead. The lawmakers accused Turkey  of supporting a flotilla that aimed to undermine Israel&#8217;s blockade of  Gaza and of cozying up to Iran.<\/p>\n<p>The raid has led to chilling of  ties between Turkey and Israel, countries that have long maintained a  strategic alliance in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>Turkey&#8217;s ambassador to the  United States, Namik Tan, expressed surprise at Gordon&#8217;s comments. He  said Turkey&#8217;s commitment to NATO remains strong and should not be  questioned.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think this is unfair,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Tan said  Turkish officials have explained repeatedly to US counterparts that  voting against the proposed sanctions was the only credible decision  after the Turkish-brokered deal with Iran. Turkey has opposed sanctions  as ineffective and damaging to its interests with an important neighbor.  It has said that it hopes to maintain channels with Teheran to continue  looking for a solution to the standoff over Iran&#8217;s alleged nuclear arms  ambitions.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ads.gbox.1\"><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We  couldn&#8217;t have voted otherwise,&#8221; Tan said. &#8220;We put our own  credibility behind this thing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tan said that Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was expected  to discuss these issues with US President Barack Obama on the margins of  a summit of world economic powers in Toronto, Canada, on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Gordon said Turkey&#8217;s explanations of the UN episode have not been widely  understood in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is a lot of questioning going on about Turkey&#8217;s orientation and  its ongoing commitment to strategic partnership with the United States,&#8221;  he said. &#8220;Turkey, as a NATO ally and a strong partner of the United  States, not only didn&#8217;t abstain but voted no, and I think that Americans  haven&#8217;t understood why.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--[ Block Spacer Start ]--> <!--[ Block Spacer End ]--> <!--[ Section Start ]--> <!--[ Section End ]--> <!--[ Block Spacer Start ]--> <!--[ Block Spacer End ]--> <!--[ Section Start ]--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo by: ASSOCIATED PRESS By ASSOCIATED PRESS 06\/26\/2010 12:14 Top diplomat says Ankara&#8217;s actions are alienating Western nations. 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