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"TURKEY’S ISLAMIST CROSSROADS

“Nevertheless, to some Turks, all this looks like a creeping coup d’etat by a party that, backed by a third of the electorate, is trying to control all organs of state. The AKP has made no secret of its determination to appoint the next president of the republic, thus removing a key check on its exercise of power. Given another four or five years, the AKP would also have a majority in the Supreme Court while pro-AKP officers move up the ranks to dominate the armed forces.”"

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