Tuesday, May 30, 2006

A violent detour in Turkey - Editorials & Commentary - International Herald Tribune

"A violent detour in Turkey

The New York Times

TUESDAY, MAY 30, 2006
Turkey's foreign minister, Abdullah Gul, said last week that recent violence in Turkey did not presage a return to the "old days" of coups and military rule. We hope he is right.

In recent years, there has been much debate in Turkey over the conflicts between its secular constitution and many Turks' conservative Muslim impulses. Lately those confrontations have taken some troubling turns."

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