Having invested in the Libyan regime both economically and politically, Turkey was caught between its foreign policy rhetoric and international outrage over Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's vicious reprisals.
S obzirom da je ulagala u libijski režim, i gospodarski i politički, Turska se našla između svoje vanjskopolitičke retorike i međunarodnog ogorčenja zbog brutalnih odmazdi pukovnika Muammara Gaddafia.