A Golden Opportunity for Reform in Turkey

Commentary feature. Turkey’s ruling AKP party survived an attempt to oust it from power in a landmark court judgment on the 30 July 2008, pulling the country back from a bitterly divisive battle over Islam and Turkey’s secular constitution.

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ESO: Background information: Turkish court rules against closing ruling party http://www.europeansources.info/record/turkish-court-rules-against-closing-ruling-party-turkeys-akp-survives-court-fight/

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