"Another Turkey in Brussels Saturday, September 22, 2007
Mehmet Ali Birand
There's no other country like Turkey that looks as different from the outside as it does from the inside.
From the inside, it appears tragic. It looks as if we're going to attack each other any minute. It's as if the recent elections never took place and the ruling party was never elected by 47 percent. It is as if the minority party were trying to amend the Constitution, and the country is slipping from secularism into a religious state. It looks as if we're on the brink of a big fight, as if you can't see for the dust and the smoke. "
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