Doubts arise over when Turkey will decide on ..

Washington has said it expects Ankara to give its response as quickly as possible, with US State Department spokesman Richard Boucher saying that Foreign Minister Abdullah Gül said that Turkey would reply to the US request promptly. Gül made his comments during a meeting with US Secretary of State Collin Powell last week while on an official visit to Washington.
However, on Monday Gül said that any decision on whether to deploy Turkish troops in Iraq hinged on a vote of the Turkish parliament, which is due to recess on August 1. The Foreign Minister said that the drafting and subsequent vote on any such resolution could take up to three months.