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Wednesday, February 04, 2015

Fethullah Gulen: Turkey’s Eroding Democracy - NYTimes.com

Fethullah Gulen: Turkey’s Eroding Democracy

By FETHULLAH GULEN
FEB. 3, 2015

SAYLORSBURG, Pa. — It is deeply disappointing to see what has become of Turkey in the last few years. Not long ago, it was the envy of Muslim-majority countries: a viable candidate for the European Union on its path to becoming a functioning democracy that upholds universal human rights, gender equality, the rule of law and the rights of Kurdish and non-Muslim citizens. This historic opportunity now appears to have been squandered as Turkey’s ruling party, known as the A.K.P., reverses that progress and clamps down on civil society, media, the judiciary and free enterprise.

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