Tuesday morning last week. A beautiful day in Washington, D.C., is about to begin. I am staying at the Hay-Adams Hotel, right across from the White House.

I have just come back from the hospital where the two dozen injured from the Mavi Marmara are being treated. I met the young men shot in their legs, arms and faces.

For almost two weeks we have been sitting in Parliament and working to push through a constitutional amendment package that includes three very important amendments.

On Jan. 25, 2010, Justice and Development Party (AK Party) member Mevlüt Çavuþoðlu was elected the new president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).