In the most uncharacteristic blunder of his career, he had imagined that he could talk turkey with Hitler, and, in 1939, had signed a non-aggression treaty with Nazi Germany.
My first question is, have you been able to talk to Turkey on this particular issue that reported four wounded and I believe one got killed?
"We are ready to talk to Turkey without any conditions and we begin to see indications of a change in the Turkish policy towards us, " he said.
It also was behind the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line, which consumers can call for last-minute Thanksgiving roasting dilemmas.
But Cyprus took up the EU's six-month rotating presidency in July 2012 and progress stalled, as Turkey refused to talk to the Cyprus authorities.
Amid booming trade ties, there is growing talk of an informal confederation between Turkey and the Iraqi Kurds.
So, with Israel and Turkey now willing to talk and plan for the future, where does this leave poor Cyprus?
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There is talk of upgrading an existing pipeline to Turkey, but negotiations have yet to start.
If you try to talk over the phone to people in Turkey about their current government, they will likely refuse to do so.
So these are many of the areas where we will continue to talk to each other, so that Turkey and the United States continue with this model partnership to move into a better future.
Talk of immediate membership is nonsense: even Turkey's friends know it will take at least ten years.
There is talk of his having struck a deal with Turkey's new, hardline chief of staff, Ilker Basbug, according to which Mr Erdogan has promised to freeze reforms that dilute the army's power in exchange for his party's not being attacked in court again.
Turkey does not recognise the Republic of Cyprus and is refusing to talk to the Cyprus EU presidency, preferring instead to deal with the European Commission.
They will also talk with representatives from the Palestine Securities Exchange, and the Capital Markets Board of Turkey.
Political dialogue will remain frozen until Europe puts Turkey on the main list of countries with which it is ready to talk about membership.
Clinton, who arrived in Turkey late Saturday after a two-day trip to Saudi Arabia, said the Friends of Syria will talk about providing humanitarian assistance, how to organize a possible political transition and how to support the opposition with non-lethal means.
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