Is Turkey going rogue?
In a Middle East wracked by coupsd’etat and civil insurrections, the Republic of Turkey credibly offers itself as a model, thanks to its impressive economic growth, democratic system, political control of the military and secular order.
But in reality, Turkey may be, along with Iran, the most dangerous state of the region. Count the reasons:
Islamists without brakes: When four out of five of the Turkish chiefs of staff abruptly resigned July 29, they signaled the effective end of the republic founded in 1923 by Kemal Ataturk. A second republic headed by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Islamist colleagues of the AK Party (AKP) began that day.… Seguir leyendo »