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Reader comment on item: Turkey's Radical Turn?
Submitted by Randy McDonald (Canada), Aug 5, 2003 at 17:56
In this context, last week's vote represents the AKP throwing down the gauntlet. Ignoring the military's objections, it passed laws in the context of preparing Turkey for European Union membership that heavily restrict the generals' political influence.This action raises two questions: Will the flag officers accept this limitation? And is this the start of a process that could transform Turkey, for 80 years the stalwart of secularism in the Muslim Middle East, into an Islamic republic?...
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| Question [141 words] | Bige Vona | Feb 14, 2006 01:47 | 35507 | ||
| Turkey and the EU [339 words] | Alex Currie | Mar 17, 2004 08:13 | 14236 | ||
| How islamic is islamic [337 words] | Jonathan Lamb | Aug 14, 2003 11:46 | 10576 | ||
| Do we mean what we say? [85 words] | Zev Stern | Aug 13, 2003 20:01 | 10568 | ||
| hope to hear content of the new laws next offering [21 words] | William Kinney | Aug 10, 2003 23:17 | 10501 | ||
| Mind your own business [144 words] | American | Aug 10, 2003 21:58 | 10499 | ||
| caution is suggested [35 words] | fenix | Aug 8, 2003 10:35 | 10480 | ||
| Forewarning of What's to Come? [228 words] | Ruth Lowry | Aug 6, 2003 22:20 | 10467 | ||
| Turkey Boost/Baste? [25 words] | John Palubiski | Aug 6, 2003 10:26 | 10460 | ||
| Beyond the Pale [96 words] | Brad Reed | Aug 6, 2003 10:03 | 10459 | ||
| So goes Turkey [218 words] | Glenn Klotz | Aug 6, 2003 09:57 | 10458 | ||
| A self-defeating move? [175 words] | Joshua Truax | Aug 6, 2003 02:22 | 10457 | ||
| Is it Islamist to reject the Iraqi war? [224 words] | Pseudoerasmus | Aug 5, 2003 23:36 | 10455 | ||
 Two questions [76 words] | Randy McDonald | Aug 5, 2003 17:56 | 10453 | ||
| How popular is AKP? [265 words] | J. Keen Holland | Aug 5, 2003 16:17 | 10452 | ||
| Islam vs. Moderation [167 words] | Arlinda DeAngelis | Aug 5, 2003 16:09 | 10451 | ||
| FRIEND OR FOE? The stakes are huge. Stay tuned. [84 words] | GRAHAM RAEL-BROOK | Aug 5, 2003 13:59 | 10449 |
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