"We've seen this film before
Friday, March 25, 2005
TDN editorial by Yusuf KANLI
Yusuf KANLI
Many in Ankara have started saying that despite the overwhelming parliamentary strength it has, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government has come to the end of the road and will have to either quickly make some modifications to its overall policy objectives or call for an election as early as late this summer -- otherwise, the country could land in an unfortunate situation very much like the one it experienced in 1997.Of course, the Turkey of today is not the Turkey of 1997, nor do the powers that played the key role in the Feb. 28, 1997 process have the same kind of power because of the reforms the country has gone through over the past several years. Still, the outbursts of some top commanders -- reminiscent of the 1997 series of events -- as well as the reports of Sincan-like ceremonies and the adamancy of the AKP leadership in addressing issues of great concern -- have started sending people into fits of worry over �Are we heading to something 'post-modern' once again?� Now the prime minister, like the prime minister of the pre-2003 elections, has started complaining that his government and Turkey are facing a plot. �Some people have pressed the button. � "
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