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Leading article: Collision course in Turkey - Leading Articles, Opinion - The Independent

"Leading article: Collision course in Turkey

Tuesday, 29 July 2008

It is hard to think of a nation more familiar than Turkey with the tensions between East and West, between religion and nationalism, between autocracy and democracy. But those opposing forces seem to be reaching a new intensity of late. The ruling Islamic party is at risk of being outlawed by the Constitutional Court. Another court is hearing a case against a collection of ex-army officers accused of plotting to overthrow the government by force."

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