Saturday, September 08, 2007

Secularist, Islamist Labels Misleading in Turkey’s Latest Political Crisis

"Secularist, Islamist Labels Misleading in Turkey’s Latest Political Crisis By Jon Gorvett

THESE ARE extraordinary times in Turkey. Triggered by April’s presidential crisis, the military’s “e-coup”—the April 27 posting on a military Web site of a message threatening to short-circuit the country’s electoral process—has been followed by a protracted game of chicken on the Iraqi border, the consequences of which lie in unknown and dangerous territory."

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