"Turkey at the Crossroads: No Passport Required
By Patrick J. McGinnis
Article Date: Thursday, July 10, 2008
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Patrick McGinnis
Over the last year, Turkey has been in the news with some frequency. From mammoth street protests against the perceived deterioration of societal secularism to the Parliament's approval of Islamic headscarves in universities, Turkey is passing through a time of profound internal discussion. Since I've been to Turkey almost 20 times in the last two and half years, I've had a front-row seat to this process. In fact, I was in Istanbul a few weeks ago when the court system overturned the headscarf law and banned them once again."
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