ANKARA, April 26: Turkey on Tuesday extended permission for the United States to use a military airbase on its terrirtory — a decision that follows President George Bush’s recent praise for Ankara’s proposal for a joint probe with Armenia into the 1915-23 massacre of Armenians, but his reluctance to label the massacre a genocide carried out by Turks.
Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul announced on Monday that US warplanes would be allowed to continue operating from Incirlik airfield base, which the Americans have been using for the past 50 years.—By arrangement with AKI
