bild

IST07 - 20030402 - ANKARA, TURKEY : US Secretary of State Colin Powell (C) is flanked by Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul (L) as he shakes hands with Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer (R) at the presidential office in Ankara, Wednesday 02 April 2003. Powell met with top Turkish officials Wednesday in a bid to obtain logistical support for US operations in northern Iraq and to mend bilateral ties, strained after Ankara refused to allow US troops to attack Iraq from its soil. EPA PHOTO EPA/STR/ko-hh