"A perfect storm threatens to swamp Turkey
May 8, 2007
JOHN O'SULLIVAN
In the movies they call this kind of thing 'the perfect storm.' Scene One, the Turkish cities of Istanbul and Ankara: Abdullah Gul, Turkey's foreign minister in the country's 'Islamist' government, has just withdrawn his candidacy for the Turkish presidency. His withdrawal followed heavy hints from the Turkish generals that they would stage a coup if he was elected to protect Turkey's 'secularism.' New parliamentary elections, set for June, will presumably decide the question and the presidency -- if the generals stay in their barracks and don't overturn the result."
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