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Monday, March 22, 2010

Turkey's state-dominated past goes up in smoke

"Turkey's state-dominated past goes up in smoke

By Jonathan Head
BBC News, Ankara

Kenan and his colleagues huddled around a wood-fired stove, rubbing their hands to ward off Ankara's bitter winter chill, and sipping tea.

They were angry, so angry that it was difficult to get them to speak one at a time.

'Our prime minister is crazy', said Kenan, 'he's such a bully. You can't run a state like this.'"

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