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Turkey at the Crossroads: a turning point for democracy | Katoikos.eu

Turkey at the Crossroads: a turning point for democracy

EurOpinion 28 May, 2015

By Deniz Torcu

For many people, seeing the president of a democratic republic, obliged to be “non-partisan” according to his country’s constitution, publicly bashing the main political opposition parties in government while waving a religious text in his hand is something that comes as a shock and is difficult to comprehend.

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