Biden's apology hides the truth - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Tulin Daloglu

Tulin Daloglu

Oct 6, 2014

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is pictured with Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (2nd L) during an event at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, May 16, 2013. Pictured at right is Coca Cola CEO Muhtar Kent. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) - RTXZPQL — US Vice President Joe Biden stands with Recep Tayyip Erdogan (2nd L) at the US Chamber of Commerce in Washington, May 16, 2013. Erdogan, now president of Turkey, was prime minister at the time. — REUTERS/Jason Reed

Vice President of the U.S. Joe Biden addresses a high-level summit on strengthening international peace operations during the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters in New York September 26, 2014. REUTERS/Andrew Gombert/Pool (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR47V3N

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(L-R) Estonia's Foreign Minister Urmas Paet greets Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu next to NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen during a NATO foreign ministers meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels April 1, 2014. NATO will decide new steps on Tuesday to reinforce eastern European countries worried by Russia's annexation of Crimea, and on how to bolster Ukraine's armed forces. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY) - RTR3JGMR

Davutoglu's Syria defense

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U.S. sailors stand on board as guided-missile destroyer USS Ross leaves from the port in Istanbul November 13, 2014. A group of Turkish ultra-nationalists attacked three U.S. sailors on a crowded street in Istanbul on Wednesday, shouting "Yankee go home" and trying to pull hoods over their heads in an assault condemned by the United States. The attackers' actions were an apparent reference to an incident in Iraq in July 2003, when U.S. forces detained a Turkish special forces unit, leading its members away

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Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses members of the parliament of his ruling AK Party (AKP) during a meeting at the Turkish Parliament in Ankara on June 24, 2014. AFP PHOTO/ADEM ALTAN (Photo credit should read ADEM ALTAN/AFP/Getty Images)

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