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Turkey, US maintain dialogue of the deaf

Ankara and Washington, both unwilling to budge over differences, can expect ties to get worse before they get better.
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It's been over a month now since US President Joe Biden entered the Oval Office but he has yet to make the much-awaited phone call to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The few exchanges and contacts that have taken place between Ankara and Washington in the meantime have been over contentious issues. Nevertheless, Erdogan is still seeking a new opening with Washington, even though this appears an unlikely prospect given the hard-line positions the sides are maintaining on issues that separate them. 

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