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Thursday, July 26, 2007

Khaleej Times Online - Is Turkey a bridge or a divider?

"Is Turkey a bridge or a divider?
BY CLAUDE SALHANI

26 July 2007

TURKEY’S Justice and Development Party, known by its initials AKP, won country-wide elections this week by a comfortable margin, keeping its majority in parliament. AKP’s victory is an added feather in Prime Minister Receb Tayyip Erdogan’s cap, leaving him and his moderate Islamist party in a stronger position. But as Turkish journalist Tulin Daloglu asks, “How will this election affect the country's foreign policy?” That remains to be seen."

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