Bulletin n. 2/2007 | ||
October 2007 | ||
Byford Grenville |
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Why Turkey’s “Islamists” are the West’s best friends | ||
in Europe´s World , Issue 7, Autumn , 2007 | ||
When Western journalists describe Turkey's ruling AK Party as "Islamist", and its Kemalist and military opponents as "secular", these terms are often taken to imply that AKP is less in tune with the West than its opponents. Grenville Byford argues that it is the other way around. http://www.europesworld.org/EWSettings/Article/tabid/78/Default.aspx?Id=c604e457-fce1-45ba-9f3d-96ff0735dd9b | ||