Turkish PM has a hard job in the US

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu started his three-day contacts in the U.S. on March 4.

His stay does not cover any city other than New York and he is not scheduled to meet any administration figure from Washington DC. Besides delivering a speech on the floor of the United Nations on gender equality on March 6 and meeting U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, it has been announced that his plan will focus on investments in Turkey. Economy maestro and Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan is accompanying Davuto?lu on the trip, along with Finance Minister Mehmet ?im?ek.

A ranking prime ministerial source, who asked not to be named, denied reports that they had been turned down for appointments with either President Barack Obama or Vice President Joe Biden. That speculation is based on the chilly winds between the U.S. and Turkish administrations over a number of issues, including their respective stances on the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Syria, and Ukraine. 

?Our prime minister decided to prioritize foreign investments to Turkey in this trip,? the source said, adding that this could be considered the second step of a roadshow, the first one being his January meeting with international investors in London.

But being so close to the White House and the Congress, (which the Israeli prime minister had stormed just a few days before, against the will of the White House), and deciding not to even ask for appointments is only one dimension of Davuto?lu?s difficulties in his contacts in the U.S.

One of the aims of talking to global investors from Goldman and Sachs to Citibank, and from Merill Lynch to the CEO?s of major companies, is to assure them that there is nothing wrong in the direction of Turkish economy....