Turkey’s Islamic ruling party wins key election

Jul 22, 2007 19:33

From the country that brought you Kemalism (even though I'd argue that Peter the Great was more an originator): pull a string, a puppet moves. I guess this should have been expected with Turkey's snubbing by the EU and with a semi-autonomous Kurdistan across their border, eh?

ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey’s Islamic-rooted ruling party won parliamentary elections by a wide margin Sunday, and the prime minister pledged to safeguard the country’s secular traditions and do whatever the government deems necessary to fight separatist Kurdish rebels.

rebels, turkey, politics

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