Under Secretary of State Karen P. Hughes Wednesday in Istanbul.
(Osman Orsal/Associated Press)
Turkish Women, Too, Have Words With U.S. Envoy (on Iraq War)
By STEVEN R. WEISMAN
(Published: Sept. 29, 2005)
ISTANBUL, Sept. 28 - Under Secretary of State Karen P. Hughes, seeking common ground with leading women's rights advocates in Turkey , was confronted instead on Wednesday with anguished denunciations of the war in Iraq and what the women said were American efforts to export democracy by force.
It was the second day in a row that Ms. Hughes found herself at odds with groups of women on her "public diplomacy" tour, aimed at improving the American image in the Middle East. On Tuesday, she told Saudi Arabian women she would support efforts to raise their status but was taken aback when some of them responded that Americans misunderstand their embrace of traditions.
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