America's continued backing would help Turkey in its bid to join the European Union, which although it would only happen some years into the future, might in the short term make investors keener to keep financing the government.

ECONOMIST: Caught in the crossfire

Started some 36 years ago by Ibn Browning, famed and (then somewhat) controversial climatologist, it is continued today by his daughter Evelyn Browning Gariss.

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