"Turkey’s Existential Election
Constitutionally mandated secularism is clashing with Islamic traditions, including the headscarf, as Turkey prepares for elections. (AP Images/Burhan Ozbilici)
July 18, 2007
Prepared by:
Lee Hudson Teslik
The results of Turkey’s July 22 general elections don’t seem much in doubt, with polls strongly favoring (Angus Reid) the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) to retain an edge over its main competitors. But in a Muslim country pointedly questioning the foundations of its secular constitution and considering an invasion of northern Iraq, the vote assumes a greater meaning."
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