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Turkey’s Islamists can’t get enough of Lindsay Lohan

US celebrity Lindsay Lohan has become an unlikely promoter of Turkey.

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Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan speaks to the press after meeting with Syrian refugees in Gaziantep, Turkey. — YOUTUBE/GÜNCEL HABERLER

US-Turkish relations can be tepid at the best of times, but an unlikely ambassador may be rushing to the rescue: Lindsay Lohan.

Over the past week, images of the American actress, singer and model visiting Syrian refugee camps — cradling babies and sporting an Islamic-style headscarf — have been splashed across the pages of pro-government media outlets. Lohan's compatriot Angelina Jolie has visited the same refugee camps along the Syrian border several times, but she never elicited the gushing enthusiasm afforded Lohan.

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