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When the AK-dominated parliament failed by just three votes to approve the bill, Turkey forfeited loans and grants from the United States worth $24 billion.Now, in exchange for belatedly opening airspace to aircraft of the American-led coalition, a decision that rescued American-Turkish relations from breaking down altogether, the country may settle for $8 billion.
As pressure mounted from airlines, European civil aviation authorities were holding a conference call Monday about what steps could be taken toward opening airspace.
The Bush administration agreed to share information and to open airspace to the Turkish military last year, after attacks by the Kurdish group intensified.
American and Turkish officials said that disagreement was not the only sticking point in Turkey opening its airspace.
Pakistan is expected to reciprocate by opening its airspace, but it is still far from clear that President Pervez Musharraf will be satisfied with India's announcement.
But after an ambush of Turkish troops last fall, and subsequent lobbying by Mr. Erdogan and the Turkish military, the Bush administration agreed to let Turkey strike at the group inside Iraq, opening up airspace there and even offering intelligence.
On Thursday, when the Turkish Parliament passed a resolution opening Turkish airspace to American military places, it also authorized Turkish troops to enter Iraq if it was deemed necessary.
Among other things, Russia has supported the United States' campaign in Afghanistan, opening its airspace for planes deployed to Central Asian countries that used to be part of the Soviet Union.
The American and French diplomacy also appeared to pay off when, after the militants in Mali began to move south this month, Algeria responded by opening its airspace to the French as they began to rush troops to the landlocked African nation.
But the legal decision to close and open airspace and ground flights is a matter for national authorities.
2.13pm BST A global airline industry group said MH17 appeared to be flying through open airspace, not previously under warning, when it crashed, Reuters reports.
