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Sunday, July 22, 2007

Turkish Group Wields Wit as Tool for Political Change - New York Times

"Turkish Group Wields Wit as Tool for Political Change

ISTANBUL, July 21 — In the growing pains of Turkish democracy, the Young Civilians are part nurse and part comedian.

The group is one of several starting to openly question the hierarchy in Turkey, which, as the Young Civilians see it, goes something like this: The secular state elite and the military, which have steered the state since its beginning, are on the top. Elected officials deposed every decade or so by military coups are on the bottom. "

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