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Monday, 12 March 2007
"There has been a lethal upsurge in ultra-nationalist feeling in Turkey" says the Economist
Here is the link to a recent article in the Economist. The article examines the ultra-nationalist groups in Turkey. It argues that "the upsurge threatens to undo the good of four years of reforms by the mildly Islamist government led by Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Indeed, it is partly in response to these reforms—more freedom for the Kurds, a trimming of the army's powers, concessions on Cyprus—that nationalist passions have been roused." The article finds that especially "the knowledge that many members of the European Union do not want Turkey to join has inflamed them further (the EU partially suspended membership talks with Turkey in December because of its refusal to open its ports and airspace to Greek-Cypriots)."
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