Ankara warms to the US request for Incirlik airbase

NTV MSNBC, Turkey
March 24 2005

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected to announce a
visit to Israel in May as anti-Jewish sentiment among Turks is growing.

March 24 – Ankara expected to give an affirmative response to the
US request to make use of the Incirlik airbase in southern Turkey as
a logistics centre.

The government is said to be planning to respond to Washington’s
request before 24 April, a time when wide protests are expected to
be held on the 90th anniversary of the alleged Armenian genocide on.

Ankara also stated that there was no serious opposition to the American
request from the army.