"Turkey: Between the Iranian-Syrian Axis, Israel, and the West
Aydan Kodaloglu
* In the 2002 elections in Turkey, the Justice and Development party came to power with 34 percent of the vote. On July 22, 2007, the Turkish people gave the Justice and Development party 46.7 percent. The Justice and Development party has decided to write a new Turkish constitution that includes lifting the ban on the turban, which is viewed by the majority of Turkish society as a political symbol."
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