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Recep Tayyip Erdogan sparks furor in Turkey by saying he wants to ‘raise a religious youth’
in TurkeyBy Fulya Ozerkan ANKARA — Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s comment that his government wants to “raise a religious youth” has touched a nerve in […]
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Tiger Turkey at the crossroads
The country is one of success stories of the last decade, but is its increasingly autocratic government slowly threatening progress? Patrick Cockburn In the tea […]
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In Turkey’s footsteps
In Turkey’s footsteps The AK Party model of governance is a model for countries like Egypt where religious norms are in conflict with civil liberties […]
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Turkey acts as mentor, model to Islamist groups
in Middle EastIstanbul: As Islamist groups emerge triumphant in Tunisia, Egypt and Morocco, Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party or AKP) under Prime Minister Tayyip […]
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From Zero Problems to Cok Problems
in Worldby Steven Cook Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu talks to the media during a news conference in Ankara (Umit Bektas/Courtesy Reuters). INSTANBUL — With the […]
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Islamist parties in Turkey
in TurkeySome look to the Muslim Brotherhood to do for Egypt what ErdoganÕs party did for Turkey; yet the two are very different, in goals and […]