TURKISH PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSING DIPLOMACY IN NJ

Philadelphia Inquirer
Sept 23 2009

PRINCETON, N.J. – Turkey’s prime minister is set to speak at Princeton
University at a time when his country is taking steps toward closer
ties to longtime enemies.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (RAY’-sep TAH’-yip ERHD’-gahn)
is scheduled to talk about Turkey’s global priorities Wednesday.

His country last month announced what officials call a "long process"
of normalizing relations with Armenia. The step comes 90 years
after the massacre of up to 1.5 million Armenians in the last days
of the Ottoman Empire. There is still disagreement over whether it
was genocide.

Earlier this month, the nation approved teaching the Kurdish language
at a Turkish university. That’s a sign of a let-up in the 25-year
conflict with autonomy-seeking rebels. (AP)