Columnist urges Turkey, US to go "much further" than NATO, EU in new world order.

Text of report by Turkish newspaper Vatan website on 8 March

[Column by Yigit Bulut: "An Open Letter to America!"]

Before getting into the details, I want to make a note of a question that has been building up in my mind since [US Secretary of State Hillary] Clinton came to Turkey, and particularly since the announcement that [US President Barack] Obama will be coming as well: What is America preparing to ask of Turkey?!

Yes, the situation is in my view rather plain: America has some important business with us, but has not yet revealed it!

Dear friends, this difficulty was very evident in the messages that Clinton conveyed, in the insinuation she conveyed "without conveying anything," and in the air of "we are making an opening; just look, we are with you"! In fact, there …