"TURKEY:
The Parties Could Have Come Too Early
Hilmi Toros
ISTANBUL, Dec 20 (IPS) - The Istanbul elite threw all-night parties over the weekend along the shores of the Bosporus Straits meandering between Europe and Asia. �We are now fully European,� went a typical celebratory remark. �We are Europe's new star.�
Are they?
As partygoers gyrated in tight pants and mini-skirts, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayip Erdogan, once a Muslim firebrand and now a reformer, returned to a hero's welcome from Brussels.
�We succeeded�, declared a banner headline in the main daily Hurriyet. "
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