Yet when we began to disagree, even quarrel, about the direction of the Public Interest, I told Irving, but also said that friendship is more important than ideology, which I still believe.

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The bond of friendship is very important.

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The friendship between our two countries is extraordinarily important to us.

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So is this the end of a steady friendship between Turkey and its most important ally?

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