03/05/2007 4:30:50 pm
Turkey, Secularism and Democracy. In today′s Financial Times, there is a very good analysis that sheds light on the current somewhat explosive political situation in Turkey. At first, the conflict between democracy - which might lead to more islamisation - and secularism - defended by the military - might seem completly odd to people in the Western world. But in Turkey, secularism comes first, democracy second, is one point made in this analysis.

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