Turkey can help USA within NATO framework – premier
NTV television, Istanbul
31 Mar 05
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, commenting on US requests
regarding the Incirlik base [an air base in southern Turkey which the
USA seeks to use for logistics], said that support can be extended to
an allied country within the framework of NATO and humanitarian
aid. He then added: However, it is impossible to meet every request
each time.
Speaking at a news conference in Morocco, Erdogan said the following
about comments that the requests concerning Incirlik were linked to
Armenian genocide claims: Such a linkage would upset us. We have
opened our state archives. The US Congress and US historians can send
their experts to investigate the issue. [Passage omitted]