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Tuesday, 31 July 2007
AKP’s Victory: Politics of Identity and Economic Effectiveness and Empowerment
(Global Politician) The recent July 22, 2007 elections in Turkey heralded a victory for the Islamist (AKP) Justice and Development party over the other contenders. Six years after the tragic event that occurred in New York City and nearly five years after the United States invaded Iraq, the Middle East and Arab world has been viewed in terms of oversimplified categorizations, for example, Islamist/Moderate, Religious/Secular, and Sunni/Shia. The Turkish elections were viewed in a similar context: Islamist vs. Secularist. Looking deeper than the Islamist vs. Secular paradigm that framed the election from a western media perspective, one would see that oversimplified Islamist-Secular paradigm, in relation to the elections, was more about Turkey’s identity and the strong correlation between economic progress and political empowerment. Read more...
Labels: domestic politics, elections2007
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