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| Turkey's creeping coup d'etat |
| 2007-05-03 |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #3 The question is not whether the Turkish people will dump the AKP in the June elections, but whether the Army will forcibly evict them. Either way, it will be better when they go. |
| Posted by: RWV 2007-05-03 20:05 |
| #2 Countdown to Sharia, 5,4,3,2... |
| Posted by: Sonar 2007-05-03 13:40 |
| #1 Sad case. The secularists have ruled corruptly when they've had power. The Islamists rule slightly less corruptly but scare the s..t out of most of the population. The Kurds (Sunni) and Alevi (Shia) are numerous but almost completely shut out of govt and govt chartered corporate jobs. Chistians and Jews have to pay bribes to govt officials for protection. We used to have a Turkish commentator at Rantburg. Wonder how he's doing. |
| Posted by: mhw 2007-05-03 09:06 |