Former blair advisor: "Erdogan has made a real difference"

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is Turkey's premier model leader, and he has made a real difference, said Jonathan Powell, a former advisor to British Prime Minister Tony Blair, on Tuesday, Erdogan is trying to do right things on delicate issues such as the Kurds and Cyprus, he told BBC's Newsnight. Speaking on the same program, Stephen Hadley, a former advisor to US President George W. Bush, advocated closer cooperation between Turkey and the West starting this year.