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Thursday, August 30, 2007

Turkey's archaic authoritarian model crumbling

"Turkey's archaic authoritarian model crumbling

Aug 30, 2007 04:30 AM
Haroon Siddiqui

The election of Abdullah Gul as Turkey's first "Islamist" president over the objections of the "secularist" military is more than a triumph of democracy.

Combined with last month's sweeping victory of the ruling party, it represents a historic development with domestic and international implications."

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