"Turkish Test
By Matthew Kaminski
Word Count: 1,639
Istanbul
Sunday's parliamentary elections here will make for yet another chapter in the long clash between secularism and Islam in Turkey.
Simmering disputes between partisans on both sides came to a boil with May's presidential elections. Street protests against the ruling and religiously oriented Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its candidate for president encouraged the army chiefs to stage the softest of their 'soft coups' -- in this case a midnight Internet missive warning that 'some circles . . . disturb fundamental values of the Republic of Turkey, especially secularism.' Turkey's highest court, another secular bastion, got the message ..."
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