Monday, March 22, 2010

Is the AKP indispensable?

"Is the AKP indispensable?

ELDAR MAMEDOV

For a long time, the ruling Islam-rooted Justice and Development Party, or AKP, was presented in the West as the only Turkish party fully committed to the EU accession process. This image of the AKP as Turkey’s European champion is not only deceiving, but also harmful."

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