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- GRAPEVINE, Page 21The Turkish Connection
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- By JANICE CASTRO
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- Turkish President TURGUT OZAL is a close ally of President
- Bush, but some think he's taking on too grand a role. Ozal
- staunchly supported Bush during the gulf war, and has
- volunteered Turkey's help in forging closer U.S. ties with the
- fledgling Central Asian republics of the former Soviet Union.
- Diplomatic sources say the White House passed the word in
- Washington that Turkey will be the conduit for assistance to
- those five republics. But the republics are unhappy with the
- arrangement. Tulegen Zhukeyev, a respected top Kazakhstan
- official, maintains that his fellow Central Asians welcome U.S.
- ties but are concerned that the U.S. has given Turkey virtual
- carte blanche as its regional surrogate.
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