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The Dream of a New Turkey

The court action has gifted the Islamist parties with the popular underdog brand.

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  • Posted By: Full Moon @ 08/21/2008 5:28:56 PM

    USA is afraid of Islamic community that' s why it has appointed Fethullah Gulen as a Muslim leader.
    If Muslim people choosed it by themself, it would be end of Israil. Therefore, USA is feeding this man,
    Fethullah Gulen in its own house. That' s why USA is very interested in AKP which's parliamenter's are devout.

  • Posted By: Full Moon @ 08/21/2008 5:28:11 PM

    USA is afraid of Islamic community that' s why it has appointed Fethullah Gulen as a Muslim leader.
    If Muslim people choosed it by themself, it would be end of Israil. Therefore, USA is feeding this man,
    Fethullah Gulen in its own house. That' s why USA is very interested in AKP which's parliamenter's are devout.

  • Posted By: almujahid @ 08/15/2008 1:33:53 PM

    in USA UK and most european countries,women can wear the hijab anywhere,this is true secular democracy. attaturk-blind following is backward for turkey,look at dubai,qatar and malaysia where muslims live freely and are making billions!! foolish secular turks,be brave and reject islam as you're diong by your actions. long live AKP

  • Posted By: fakename2 @ 08/10/2008 2:20:25 PM

    Many Turks feel that this 47% is mostly supported by US backed funding. There are also rumors that many that voted for AKP received about $300 in cash for their vote. Here is a perfect example of Islamic democracy for you!! It seems that voters take their pictures in the voting booth with their camera phones and send it over to AKP to receive their cash.
    This so called justice party has no means to liberate the Turkish women, or men as a matter of fact. Turks can???t even listen to daily prayers in Turkish, but women can cover put in head covers in school, how is this justice?? Let???s face it many of the acts taken by Erdogan are similar to acts of Saddam before he came to power. AKP???s main agenda is to divide Turkey into three so that US has a pro Islamic state and EU no longer has to deal with such a large country! Many Turks are hoping that Bush didn???t pay off the Army as well so that AKP can be removed from power.

  • Posted By: fakename2 @ 08/10/2008 2:20:11 PM

    Many Turks feel that this 47% is mostly supported by US backed funding. There are also rumors that many that voted for AKP received about $300 in cash for their vote. Here is a perfect example of Islamic democracy for you!! It seems that voters take their pictures in the voting booth with their camera phones and send it over to AKP to receive their cash.
    This so called justice party has no means to liberate the Turkish women, or men as a matter of fact. Turks can???t even listen to daily prayers in Turkish, but women can cover put in head covers in school, how is this justice?? Let???s face it many of the acts taken by Erdogan are similar to acts of Saddam before he came to power. AKP???s main agenda is to divide Turkey into three so that US has a pro Islamic state and EU no longer has to deal with such a large country! Many Turks are hoping that Bush didn???t pay off the Army as well so that AKP can be removed from power.

  • Posted By: tedkolej @ 08/10/2008 1:25:59 AM

    Fool! What balance are you talking about between secularism and democracy? How can democracy exist without secularism? What is democratic about any religion? Hence what is democratic about AKP?

    These fundamentalists who declare their devotion to Islam would never ever be democratic, they may be "liberal" but that hardly means democracy.

    The fact that they were elected by 46% of those who voted means they only command 34% popular support in Turkey. That, the way they were elected even is hardly democratic. Beyond that point, everything about them is anti-democratic! Everything about them is Islam and USA dominated, that clearly explains how democratic they are.

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