Musafa bey:

2 May, 2007Mektuplarım ve Yankılar

Musafa bey:
Bugun Wsahington Post ta cikan asagidaki yaziya cevap vermek isterdim. Ancak gazeteye yazmak olnagim yok. Bunu belki siz yapmak istersiniz diye dusundum
Dun gonderdigim yazinin da konusu buydu. ABD hala AKP yi desteklemek icin elinden gelen yalanlari kamuya sokusturmakta devam ediyor. AKP demokrasiyi koruyacakmis!!!!!! buna kend’ler’bile guluyorlardir. Utanmiyorlar. ABD’nin bukadar cuvalladigini gormek, halki namina gene de uzucu.

Sevgilerimle,
Turgut

Turkey’s Democracy Crisis

The ‘secular’ opposition and military try to prevent the free election of a new president.

Tuesday, May 1, 2007; Page A16

TURKEY’S ATTEMPT to consolidate a liberal democracy in a predominantly Islamic country has reached a turning point. The parliament is due to elect a new president this month, and the ruling AK party of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan holds a commanding majority of seats. Mr. Erdogan has led the most successful government in recent Turkish history; polls show that his party remains by far the country’s most popular. His nominee for president, Abdullah Gul, has served capably as foreign minister and is well regarded in Western capitals.

In a fully mature democracy Mr. Gul’s election would be a foregone conclusion. Instead, Turkey entered this week in crisis, with the Supreme Court considering an opposition attempt to stop the vote on procedural grounds and the military issuing an ominous warning that it might intervene. The reason is the background of Mr. Gul and Mr. Erdogan: Both have political roots in moderate Islamic parties and are supported by many Turks who would like to see the country relax the rigid secularism its governments have practiced since the end of World War I. The fear that control by the AK party over both the posts of president and prime minister might allow for such a change prompted the military’s pronouncement and a demonstration by hundreds of thousands of people in Istanbul on Sunday.
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