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To: Texas Fossil; gandalftb; a_Turk; SunkenCiv
Mr. Gulen hinted that his movement—known internally as Hizmet, which means service, and externally as Cemaat, which means congregation—would like to see a challenge to Mr. Erdogan’s Islamist-leaning Justice and Development Party, or AKP.

He didn't rule out members of his flock shifting their support to the opposition Republican People's Party—Mr. Erdogan’s secularist nemesis, which was established by modern Turkey's founder, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. Delegations from the two sides met in New York in early December, but no announcements resulted.
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304027204579332670740491570

and
http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/dani-rodrik-says-that-turkey-s-prime-minister-has-only-himself-to-blame-for-the-country-s-current-political-turmoil

30 posted on 01/21/2014 1:55:28 AM PST by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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To: Texas Fossil; gandalftb; a_Turk; SunkenCiv
Islamic scholar Gülen says Turkey's graft scandal can't be covered up
http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail_getNewsById.action;jsessionid=E6A57D194B65555B66BDD81491B8D460?newsId=337707&columnistId=0

The http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_presidential_election,_2014 later this year (Summer?) will be interesting.

The campaign will reveal a lot of strange issues.

31 posted on 01/28/2014 4:43:13 AM PST by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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