Friday, December 03, 2010

Turkey: Could a Caliphate Make a Comeback? | EurasiaNet.org

"Turkey: Could a Caliphate Make a Comeback?
December 3, 2010 - 1:42pm, by Nicholas Birch

* Turkey
* Islamism in Turkey

The foreign policy of Turkey's governing Justice and Development Party, or AKP, has been described by some as 'neo-Ottoman.' And now, after a recent shakeup in the state body responsible for overseeing Islam nationally, some experts are wondering whether the AKP is mulling plans to resurrect the Ottoman-era institution of the Caliphate."

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