The reforms undertaken by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk after the creation of the Turkish Republic put Turkey ahead of other regional countries and made it a model today for Arab nations grappling with unrest, Ecuador’s visiting president said yesterday. “Turkey has become a model country in the Arab Spring. If those countries had had an Atatürk and accomplished their political transformations at the time, they would not have fallen into their current situation,” Rafael Correa Delgado, the first Ecuadorian president to visit Turkey, said at a joint press conference with his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gül.
“We are watching the developments in the Middle East and North Africa with concern,” he said, stressing that the turmoil must be resolved peacefully without violating the countries’ sovereignty...
“We are watching the developments in the Middle East and North Africa with concern,” he said, stressing that the turmoil must be resolved peacefully without violating the countries’ sovereignty...
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