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		<title>Turkey&#8217;s turning, but which way?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:13:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Will Turkey become more or less democratic following the September 12 referendum on proposed constitutional amendments?
The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) insists that the changes are designed to democratize the constitution and introduce European-style rights for women, children and minorities.
But their critics contend that the reform will politicize the judiciary and undermine the country’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turkey: a cause for concern?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:38:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is Turkey still following a development trajectory informed by Western values, including democracy, and membership of institutions like NATO and the European Union? Soner Cagaptay, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, has his doubts.
He draws attention to developments since the Justice and Development party (AKP) assumed power in 2002 to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turkey&#8217;s AKP escapes ban, tensions disguise &#8216;Islamo-secular convergence&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:11:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Turkey&#8217;s ruling AK Party will not be banned, the head of the Constitutional Court decided today. But the party will be denied state funding.  There had been speculation that Turkey&#8217;s highest court could decide as soon as today whether to ban the ruling AK Party following the public prosecutor&#8217;s charges that the party is undermining [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AKP – &#8220;Creeping Islamization&#8221; or Muslim Democracy?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:34:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AKP &#8211; &#8220;Creeping Islamization&#8221; or Muslim Democracy?
Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey, institutionalized Islam by establishing strict state control over country&#8217;s mosques and Koranic interpretation. This move prevented a politicized Islam emerging as an opposition ideology, as happened with the Muslim Brotherhood in the Arab world. Turkey&#8217;s secular state also delivered a degree of [...]]]></description>
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