Editing Abdullah Gül (section)

==Foreign minister==
After becoming [[List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Turkey|foreign minister]] in March 2003, Gül became the key player in Turkey's attempts to receive an accession date for the [[European Union]] and in its attempts to improve relations with [[Syria]] and maintaining its relationship with the [[Turkic languages|Turkic]]-speaking countries of Central Asia and the [[Caucasus]]. {{Citation needed|date=November 2021}} On 8 January 2008, Gül flew to the United States to meet with U.S. President [[George W. Bush]] and U.S. Secretary of State [[Condoleezza Rice]].<ref>[https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2008/01/20080108-3.html President Bush Meets with President Gul of Turkey] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010132815/https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2008/01/20080108-3.html |date=10 October 2017 }}, ''The White House Archives'', 8 January 2008.</ref>