"Booze ban stirs unease amongst secularists
Tuesday, December 6, 2005
ANKARA - Reuters
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's defense of a partial ban on alcohol sales has deepened fears among critics that he aims to turn Turkey into an Islamic state.
The ban comes at a time of growing tension between Erdoğan's government, which has just started European Union membership talks, and a military, secular and academic establishment that distrusts the motives of a leader with roots in political Islam."
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