Al-Ahram Weekly On-line
10 - 16 December 1998
Issue No.407
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Demirel

Demirel

By George Bahgory

The curved lines of Demirel's face embrace each other, interlocking to form a harmonious whole. Yet all these lines could make up the pieces of a puzzle to be solved. As he tries to improve Turkey's relations with all the countries in the region, will the pieces fly apart, scattered to the four corners of the Middle East?