Turkey's Erdogan softening Syria rhetoric with eye toward upcoming election
A faltering economy has forced Ankara to improve relations with other countries.
TURKISH PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses members of his ruling AK Party during a meeting at the parliament, last month.(photo credit: PRESIDENTiAL PRESS OFFICE/REUTERS)ByKRISTINA JOVANOVSKI/THE MEDIA LINE