"Turkey's Political Conflicts and the EU’s Involvement-2007
Irem Güney
Saturday , 05 May 2007
Everyone who is even a little bit interested in Turkish politics would today see what kind of a critical phase the country is going through. The declaration of the military on last friday that the Turkish armed forces is one of the sides in the debate about Turkey’s next president and is also the absolute defender of secularism and they will display their attitudes and actions very clearly, when necessary , the current deadlock in presidental elections, thousands of people who demonstrate against Abdullah Gül’s possible presidency and consequently “headscarf in Çankaya” and the old debate about the dangers for Turkish secular regime show once again the common fear of many Turkish people that they would have to make a choice between their democracy and republican principles."
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