"Democracy In Essence Is Also Important
Published: 4/16/2007
BY SEMIH IDIZ
MILLIYET- When you look at that enthusiastic mass of people who filled Tandogan Square in Ankara and then visited Ataturk's Mausoleum on Saturday, it's impossible not to be greatly glad on behalf of secularism, because, 'devotion to secularism not in words, but in essence is the sine qua non of our republic, as Chief of General Staff Gen. Yasar Buyukanit said. However, unfortunately, this isn't enough, because secularism isn't the only condition of the republic."
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