Gul, TRNC's Talat to attend OIC summit in Senegal

President Abdullah Gul and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) leader Mehmet Ali Talat are due to travel to Dakar, Senegal, to attend a two-day Organization for the Islamic Conference (OIC) heads of state and government summit. The meeting, which starts on Thursday, will focus on a wave of Islamophobia in the West and ways to repair Islam's image. The OIC is also expected to make moves to end the international isolation of the TRNC. Gul is expected to hold bilateral meetings with leaders of Islamic countries on the sidelines of the gathering. In related news, an OIC foreign ministers meeting began in Dakar yesterday, with Foreign Minister Ali Babacan representing Turkey.