Friday, May 04, 2007

Analysis: The roots of Turkey’s crisis

"Analysis: The roots of Turkey’s crisis
By Raymond J. Mas | Published Yesterday | Europe , Turkey , Middle East | Rating:
Birth of a nation

By Raymond J. Mas
World Peace Herald

WASHINGTON -- The confrontation between Turkey’s ruling Islamist party, the AKP, and those who view themselves as the defenders of Turkey secularist tradition, reveals a schism in Turkish society that runs deep, and threatens to challenge the basic assumptions that have governed this state since its founding in 192"

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