Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Turkey’s Democratic Dusk - Dani Rodrik - Project Syndicate

Turkey’s Democratic Dusk
Dani Rodrik

CAMBRIDGE – When questioned recently about a constitutional law professor who was arrested for lecturing at an institute run by the country’s main pro-Kurdish political party, Turkey’s interior minister, Idris Naim Sahin, couldn’t hide his irritation: “I am having a hard time understanding those saying a professor should not be arrested while thousands of other people are being arrested in Turkey.”

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