| Friday, August 01, 2008 |
| Erdoğan Declares Theirs Is Atatürk’s Road |
"Erdoğan Declares Theirs Is Atatürk’s Road
Speaking following the decision of the Constitutional Court, President of the Justice and Development Party Recep Tayyip Erdoğan tries to emphasize that they are not anti-secular, but on the contrary, their road is Atatürk’s road."
More:Bianet :: Erdoğan Declares Theirs Is Atatürk’s RoadLabels: Ataturk, Secularism, Turkey
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| Tuesday, July 29, 2008 |
| What Would Ataturk Do? Turkey Battles Over Long-Dead Leader - WSJ.com |
"What Would Ataturk Do?
Turkey Battles Over
Long-Dead Leader
By ANDREW HIGGINS
July 29, 2008; Page A1
ANKARA, Turkey -- The Ataturk Thought Association, zealous guardian of the secular creed that guides Turkey, never thought it would come to this.
Its chairman, a retired four-star general, is in jail. Its offices -- plastered with portraits of modern Turkey's founding father, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk -- have been raided by police. Several of its computer hard drives have been seized by investigators. They're hunting for evidence of plots by hard-line secularists to topple Turkey's mildly Islamic government."
More:What Would Ataturk Do? Turkey Battles Over Long-Dead Leader - WSJ.comLabels: Ataturk, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Turkey
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