"Mi moramo dugo i dobro razmisliti o tome zašto do tih dešavanja u Turskoj [dolazi] i šta bismo mogli uraditi kako bismo im se suprotstavili i načinili jače veze sa Zapadom mnogo očitije u interesu i u skladu s vrijednostima turskih lidera," izjavio je Gates.
"We have to think long and hard about why these developments in Turkey [are occurring] and what we might be able to do to counter them and make the stronger linkages with the West more apparently of interest and value to Turkey's leaders," Gates said.