"What's Right With Turkey
By Mustafa Akyol
FrontPageMagazine.com | December 3, 2004
In its Nov. 22nd issue, Frontpage Magazine posted an article by Gamaliel Isaac, entitled 'Turkey's Dark Past.' Mr. Isaac's piece was basically an attempt to rebut of one of my previous articles, 'European Muslims and The Quest For the Soul of Islam.' I have argued there that, among many other things, Turkey has had an Islamic heritage free of anti-Westernism and anti-Semitism and has now an atmosphere quite favorable to open society. Further, I suggested that the West should certainly support Turkey's entry into the European Union, noting that this would blur the 'civilizational' boundaries and create a model for other Muslim nations. "
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