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Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Torn Turkey, European Turkey

"Torn Turkey, European Turkey
By Soner Cagaptay
Hurriyet Daily News, September 14, 2010

Sam Huntington was right to consider Turkey his chief example of a 'torn country.' The results of the Sept. 12 vote on the constitutional amendments proposed by the ruling Islamist-rooted Justice and Development Party, or AKP, show that officially secular Turkey is torn not just between the East and the West, but that it is also divided internally."

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