Turkey at the Turning Point? - The New York Review of Books |
| Published: October 6, 2007, 11:58 am |
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"Turkey at the Turning Point? By Christopher de Bellaigue It is now clear that Turkey, a country to which Western visitors have often applied adjectives such as 'timeless' and 'slothful,' is changing profoundly, and with un-Oriental speed. To the many Turks who welcome this transformation, it holds out the promise of a free public culture, equally open to devout Muslims, secularists, and critics of Turkey's past politics something the country has never known. A smaller but nonetheless considerable number see the changes as a Trojan horse for Islamism as severe as one finds in Iran or Saudi Arabia. These two views come into sharp conflict on the subject of Abdullah G l, whom the Turkish parliament recently elected president."More:Turkey at the Turning Point? - The New York Review of Books [ Full article ] |
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