Mending ties with Israel key for regional peace, Turkish opposition says

Repairing ties between Turkey and Israel would constitute a crucial contribution to regional peace, officials from the former's main opposition party have suggested. 

"The relations between Turkey and Israel are not only important for the two countries, but also for regional peace. 
Good relations with Israel and other [Middle Eastern] parties will allow us to play the role we have played in the past," deputy leader of the Republican People's Party, or CHP, Osman Korutürk said recently at a conference organized by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, or CSIS, a think tank based in Washington. 

Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (L) storms out of a debate on the Middle East as Israel's President Shimon Peres remains seated at the World Economic Forum in Davos January 29, 2009. Israel's President Shimon Peres had launched a fiery defense of his country's assault on Gaza over the past month and, with a raised voice and pointed finger, questioned what Erdogan would do if rockets were fired at Istanbul every night. As the debate was ending, Erdogan was cut short as he tried to respond.REUTERS/Yasin Aras/Anatolian

A delegation composed of top CHP officials has been holding talks in Washington since Monday to promote the policies of the "new CHP" under Kemal K 

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