"Islam and the left in Turkey.
Below is a first rate analyses written by Ron Marqulies of where the Turkish left stands as far as Islam is concerned and the rise of the AK Party. It highlights the similarities between the AKP and New Labour. Unlike NL, which has been the parliamentary vehicle for some of the most reactionary legislation to become law in the UK since the 19th century, the AKP whilst implementing a new liberal economic program, has passed a platform of progressive legislation through the Grand Assembly and in 2003 [finally] resisted G W Bush's demands that Turkey be used as a bridgehead to invade Iraq."
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