Turkish Democracy (YP Discussion Group)
The World Affairs Council, Young Professionals invite you to our fortnightly discussion group:Wednesday, 22 June 2011 | 7:00 p.m.
Madison's Grill, 1109 SE Madison St. (Map)
Turkey's recent election produced a landslide victory for the ruling AK party, but failed to return a large enough majority to unilaterally rewrite the constitution. The mildly Islamist AK party is pushing to make religion a more central part of secular Turkey, but has proceeded incrementally. AK won mainly for their responsibility for Turkey's continued development. Is Turkey a model for the Arab Spring countries? Or, will the mix of religion and rapid growth lead to a crash in the near future? Where does an ascendant Turkey fit in with Europe, the Middle East, and the rest of the World?
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2 comments:
Here is a great link on one of the group's tangents and why "early hopes that common goals in Afghanistan could lead to a U.S.-Iranian dialogue or a U.S.-assisted resolution of the India-Pakistan dispute faded long ago"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/04/AR2010110406990.html
To confirm what I had believed to be the case concerning the admission of new members to the EU:
"Enlargement of the Union is conditional upon the agreement of each existing member and the candidate's adoption of all pre-existing EU law."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_state_of_the_European_Union
Unfortunately I couldn't quickly confirm this on the official EU website. But generally I trust wikipedia.
- Jon
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