"How we lost Turkey and how we may recuperate it?
Saturday, February 2, 2008
Cengiz AKTAR
As Turkey's dedicated friends, some high-ranking European politicians keep parroting that the country will join the EU in due course if it obeys by the rules and continues the reform process. They have the reformist action of the first Erdoğan government as a reference point and praise its achievements by systematically comparing Turkey with other Muslim countries. Such comparison is indeed full of rewards and as long as Turkey is viewed from a Muslim perspective it undoubtedly appears like a champion of Human Rights and economic development. "
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