Saturday, March 19, 2005

BBC NEWS | Programmes | From Our Own Correspondent | A Turkish lesson in nation building

"A Turkish lesson in nation building

By Humphrey Hawksley
BBC News, Turkey


In its campaign to spread democracy, Washington reckons one of the key players should be Turkey, which it holds up as an example of how a successful democracy can flourish within an Islamic society. But some Turks are wary of this close relationship.

Condoleezza Rice recently visited Turkey to help smooth relations
Rain splattered on the dusty ground of the central Turkish hill town of Beypazari.
Huseyin Yulmaz, five years retired from the coal mines, withdrew money from a high street cash machine and headed down an alley, past the fire and the banging from a metal forge, to a caf� where we had agreed to go. "

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