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Monday, October 23, 2006

ThreatsWatch.Org: RapidRecon: Turkey and Islamism: The Debate

"Turkey and Islamism: The Debate
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The primary rubbing point between the United States and Turkey right now is not related to radical Islam. Quite the opposite - it is related to the Marxist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a Kurdish terrorist group which has taken refuge in Iraqi Kurdistan. Yet as Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his ruling Justice and Development Party (known by its Turkish initials, the AKP) continue to dominate Turkey’s political scene, there are rising concerns on both sides of the Atlantic about the rise of Islamism in Turkey."

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