Monday, June 23, 2008

The Great Seduction: Two Turkish triumphs

"Two Turkish triumphs

It's been quite a weekend for the Turks. First their football team stole the Euro 2008 quarter final in Vienna on Friday night in the last kick of extra time from the brilliant Luka Modric (the new Cruyff) and his Croats. And then, today, Prospect and Foreign Policy magazines announced an equally stunning victory for Sunni Moslem Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen and his surfing Sufis in their poll to find the world's top public intellectual. "

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