Turkish FM says Clinton apologized over leaks

Turkish Foreign Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, on Monday shrugged off leaked communications that described him as an "exceptionally dangerous" Islamist with imperial delusions.

"Turkish-American relations will not be affected," Davutoglu told reporters in Washington after a meeting with US Secretary of State. He said Clinton had apologized for the leaks, according to CNN Turk, but added "it is correct to depict this as the 9/11 of diplomacy," the TV channel reported.

The leaks received heavy coverage in Turkey's media Monday. That, analysts say, was in part because of the sheer number of documents related to Turkey— close to 8,000 cables came from the US Embassy in Ankara alone—and because of the way they played into Turkey's internal debate over the Islamic-leaning Justice and Development Party, or AKP, and its leaders.

With thousands of Turkey-related documents still unpublished, speculation continued to swirl Monday on TV talk shows here that cables yet to be revealed would show that the US supported anti-Turkish terrorists from the Kurdish Workers Party, or PKK, in Northern Iraq. That is a potentially explosive claim that US diplomats have denied in advance.