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Why doesn't Turkey speak up on Iran nuclear issue?

While so many are focused on the Iran nuclear talks, Turks have remained surprisingly quiet on a major issue unfolding just next door.
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani (R) is welcomed by Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan as he arrives for a meeting at Erdogan's office in Ankara June 9, 2014. REUTERS/Umit Bektas (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR3SVX6
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If the talks in Geneva between Iran and P5+1 end with an agreement on Iran’s nuclear program, they are likely to open a new chapter for not only Iran’s relations with the West, but also for the entire Middle East. However, another key country in the same region, Turkey, is conspicuously silent on this matter.

Neither President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, nor Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, nor the Turkish Foreign Ministry has said anything recently about the Geneva talks.

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