September 16, 2011 | Filed under: News | Posted by:
Tripoli/Benghazi – Turkey’s prime minister heads to Libya on Friday, a day after the French and British leaders won a hero’s welcome there for helping to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi and in the midst of a fierce battle over Gaddafi’s home town. Tayyip Erdogan, on a North African tour to assert Ankara’s regional influence, will be hoping to reap political and economic dividends from Libya’s new rulers for his country’s help in their struggle to end Gaddafi’s 42-year grip on power. After nearly seven months of fighting, anti-Gaddafi forces backed by NATO air power control most of Libya, including oil-producing centres and the capital Tripoli, which they seized last month. But they have met fierce…
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