Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Turkey needs to ‘upgrade’ its democracy, says former president - FT.com

Turkey needs to ‘upgrade’ its democracy, says former president

Tony Barber in London

Having spent seven years as Turkey’s president, and five years before that as prime minister and foreign minister, Abdullah Gul portrays himself as an elder statesman content to dispense wisdom from the sidelines, not a politician thirsting for one last draught of power.

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