Everyone's interested in Turkey

Numerous European and international figures are visiting Turkey this week despite scepticism over the country's EU accession, notes the business paper Világgazdaság: "Today British Prime Minister David Cameron and his Foreign Minister William Hague are visiting the Turkish capital Ankara. Tomorrow the German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle will meet his Turkish counterpart in Istanbul. On Wednesday the French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner will come to stay. In all these meetings Turkey's EU accession will no doubt be one of the main points - although not the only one - on the table. The reason for this is Ankara's refusal to back sanctions against Iran's nuclear programme in the UN Security Council. Because of that the EU is not the only body paying close attention to Turkey. ... The Turkish foreign minister has recently met not only with the heads of Nato and the UN, but also with his counterparts from Russia and the US."

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