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Thursday, April 15, 2010

Turkey's Moment - BusinessWeek

"Turkey's Moment
Its economy is hot again after a painful 2009, and some economists say it's a Germany in the making. The politics, though, are raucous
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Istanbul. Turkey has prospered while tension between Islamists and secularists has increased Kathryn Cook/Agence Vu/Aurora

By Steve Bryant and Ben Holland
Europe

Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan has had a busy two months. First he publicly defended a controversial investigation into a possible coup attempt by the army. Then the premier clashed with the hostile Turkish judiciary over the high court's right to ban political parties, including his own. On Apr. 9, the country's top prosecutor delivered a blistering speech against Erdogan, who many Turks fear is out to create an Islamist state. "

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