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Turkey: a cause for concern?

By Michael Allen on January 23, 2009

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 [read full story]

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Turkey’s AKP escapes ban, tensions disguise ‘Islamo-secular convergence’

By Michael Allen on July 30, 2008

Turkey’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’s highest court could decide as soon as today whether to ban the ruling AK Party following the public prosecutor’s charges that the party is undermining [read full story]

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Turkey: a laboratory of Muslim democracy?

By Michael Allen on June 23, 2008

Turkey is facing the prospect of a judicial coup as the constitutional court considers a case for banning the ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party. Dozens of AK Party leaders, including premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and the president, Abdullah Gul, will be barred from politics for at least five years.
A 162-page indictment recommends that the [read full story]

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“Judicial Coup” Threatens Turkish Democracy

By Michael Allen on May 2, 2008

Turkey faces a looming constitutional crisis arising from the constitutional court’s unanimous decision to consider the chief prosecutor’s case for banning the ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party. Some 70 individuals, including the prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and the president, Abdullah Gul, will be barred from politics for at least five years. The case [read full story]

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