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8/2/07

The Independent Institute: Turkey’s Crescent: by Alvaro Vargas Llosa

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The Independent Institute: Turkey’s Crescent: by Alvaro Vargas Llosa

Turkey’s Crescent: by Alvaro Vargas Llosa

Is Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s recently re-elected prime minister, a closet fundamentalist waiting for the right opportunity to dismantle the legacy of Kemal Ataturk, the architect of his country’s secular republic? Or is he the man who will set a model for the Muslim world by reconciling Islam with Western-style rule of law, the separation of state and religion, the market economy, and the European Union, which he wants Turkey to join?

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