The consultant Gordon stated that the US does not want to see another military coup in Turkey. Former US assistant minister Burns said: "I hope the days when the army needed to interfere are past. Gül and Erdoğan are reliable partners."
'USA will not accept coup'
10.05.2008
Philip Gordon, foreign policy consultant of the US presidential nominee Barack Obama attended the fourth memorial conference for Sakıp Sabancı held at the Brookings Institute, which is one of the most efficient thought institutions of the USA. Gordon stated that another military coup in Turkey is unacceptable according to the USA. Nicholas Burns, carrying out the duty of undersecretary in US ministry of foreign affairs, said: "I hope the days when the army needed to interfere are all past. Gül and Erdoğan are reliable partners."