Turkish Digest (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
"Turkey Faces New Secular Dispute August 7th, 2008 by Fred Stopsky · No Comments Barely a week after Turkey’s Constitutional Court warned the ruling Justice and Development Party(AKP) to be more sensitive to the needs of secular forces within the nation, President Gul created a new crisis by selecting pro-AKP rectors for university positions and turned down faculty nominees who are supporters...
Turkish Digest (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
"European Union’s Turkish Dilemma No Delight July 9th, 2008 by Fred Stopsky The European Union is confronting a dilemma dealing with the current political crisis in Turkey which threatens to end hopes for that nation to become a member of the bloc in the forseeable future. Ironically, forces of secularism in Turkey which long to see their country a member of the EU in hope such an event...
Turkish Digest (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
"Turkey Poses Interesting Case Of Democracy To EU June 13th, 2008 by Fred Stopsky · No Comments The conflict raging within Turkey over issues pertaining to the rights of those with strong religious views and those who fear fundamentalist Muslims seek to impose their ideas on the entire population is raising rather complex problems for the European Union. On one hand, the EU wants nations...
