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  Posted By: worldlover @ 06/22/2008 3:42:26 PM

  the strugle that is going today in turkey is very simple to me ,it is the strugle for independent turkey , strong in every aspect ,militarily ,economicly ,tru world power.This is what erdogan wants.And what generals want is a week turkey dependent from USA and izrael and other jewish lobies that are active in turkey today and in recent history of modern turkey.The turkish poeple has always been clever in recognazing who is the enemy of turkey and who loves it.The story of islamist and bla bla bla is just the a great lye of those who are against turkey as a super power tudayis hadscarf tomorow somethig else,but those days are all over turkey is destined to win this game which has comed at end and no general or laicist or no enemy of turkey more properly said can reverse the victory.The enemies of great turkey are dying inside and outside of turkey

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  Posted By: localmichael @ 06/22/2008 10:39:49 AM

  After WW2, the then "Nazionale Führer" of Turkey (Milli Sef in Turkish), Gen. Ismet Inonu and his political party (the only one permitted at the time) CHP was forced to introduce "democracy" to his country. Otherwise Stalin was going to get permission from his allies to invade the Eastern part of Turkey. It was a smart move for him to side with US and UK to save land, but in the meantime he lost the first free elections in the 2000 year-long Turkish history, held in 1950.
  Since that time, CHP and some generals whose minds CHP had corrupted, staged four military coup d'etats, in 1960, 1971, 1980 and 1997, respectively. They even hanged the first elected leader in Turkish history, Mr. Adnan Menderes right after their first coup.
  However, after each coup the junta had to hold a free election eventually and the people voted for a successor party and leader who were despised even more by the CHP and the corrupted bureucrats.
  It seems that this "game" will go on as is, until one of the sides surrender: either the people will surrender to the wishes of CHP and the country will become a "single-party, single Führer democracy (!)" like in North Korea, or the bureucrats will surrender to the free-elections of the people so that the country will become democratic like in EU.
  There does not seem to be any other way.
  

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  Posted By: binboga @ 06/21/2008 1:16:42 PM

  The author' perception of Turkey and Turkish society are in great discrepancy. Who is democrat and who is totalitarian are all mixed and replaced. Saudi oriented religious policies are intended to be implemented in Turkey. Democracy and political islam can not come together. In order to prosper one of them the other one must be diminished. Democracy is their Troy Horse. Constitutional powers will protect the Nation.