Tuesday, November 28, 2006

World Politics Watch | Resurgence of Nationalism and Islam Threaten to Turn Turkey Away From West

"Resurgence of Nationalism and Islam Threaten to Turn Turkey Away From West
Handan T. Satiroglu | Bio | 28 Nov 2006
World Politics Watch Exclusive

ANKARA, Turkey -- Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" and several conspiracy-themed books depicting Turkey as under attack by American and European influences sell briskly in local bookstores. Turkey's $10 million movie "Valley of Wolves," the most expensive to date, vilifying Christians and Jews pulls in record crowds. A 28-year-old lawyer shoots a secularist judge to death inside Turkey's High Court. The Islamic and far-right press is filled with stories of missionaries within Turkish borders converting "defenseless" Muslims to "infidels.""

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