Go to the Content Thursday, 9 February 2012
Your search for "Justice And Development (AK) Party" produced 26 items.
| 1. Inching away from democracy? | January 19, 2012 |
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Observers fear rise of ‘illiberal democracy'. European Union officials are increasingly worried that Turkey might be drifting in the direction of authoritarianism. A wave... |
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| 2. Is Brussels the loser in Turkey's elections? | June 15, 2011 |
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The Turkish electorate clearly did not penalise the ruling party for the failure to make progress on EU accession. Last Sunday, Turks gave Prime Minister Recep Tayyip... | |
| 3. Erdoğan cancels Brussels visit | February 28, 2011 |
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Turkish prime minister returns home to attend funeral of country's first Islamist prime minister. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey's prime minister, has cancelled a visit to... |
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| 4. Cypriot phoenix | December 16, 2010 |
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Dervis Eroglu, the man who leads the Turkish Cypriots, has enjoyed a remarkable comeback.
The years that Dervis Eroglu spent as a student in Turkey shaped not just the... |
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| 5. Destined to remain an outsider | November 4, 2010 |
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Turkey began negotiations for membership in the European Union in the autumn of 2005, at the same time as Croatia. But while Croatia is set to complete its talks next... |
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| 6. Testing Turkey's appetite for change | September 9, 2010 |
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Turks to vote on changes to the constitution amid concerns that AK party would be too powerful. When Turks vote in a referendum on Sunday (12 September), they will be... |
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| 7. The end of a partnership | May 27, 2010 |
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Europe has played a decisive role in Turkey's decision to forge a nuclear deal with Iran. Turkey has won little, if any, praise from others in the transatlantic alliance for... |
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| 8. Is Turkish history European too? | April 22, 2010 |
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The least the EU could do is to insist that Turkey treat Armenia as it would a normal neighbour. The issue of international recognition of the Armenian genocide in its... |
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| 9. Pushing ahead with a painful reform process | April 15, 2010 |
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EU membership talks with Turkey have lost pace, and opposition persists among member states, but Turkey is continuing with negotiations. Turkey began its membership talks... |
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| 10. Hoping to be a good neighbour to east and west | April 15, 2010 |
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As its isolationist instincts decline, Turkey is trying to promote a policy of ‘zero problems' with its neighbours, while pushing for EU membership. Western observers... | |
| 11. Trying to re-define the role of the state | April 15, 2010 |
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The influence of the military has diminished, but that could allow the government to indulge its partisan tendencies. Turkey has undergone profound change since the... |
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| 12. Neo-Ottoman minister | July 9, 2009 |
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Ahmet Davutoğlu has redrawn Turkey's foreign policy to put Istanbul at the centre of geopolitics. Ahmet Davutoğlu may have been Turkey's foreign minister only since 2 May,... |
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| 13. Turkey pressed to 'update' constitution | September 16, 2008 |
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EU suggests it will soon expand accession talks with Turkey, but urges it to revise its constitution.
The EU has called on Turkey to “update” its constitution in the... | |
| 14. Turkey's crisis calls for EU therapy | July 31, 2008 |
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The EU must help Turkey discover its political destiny. The constitutional court case against Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his ruling Justice and... |
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| 15. Turkey's ruling party survives court ruling | July 30, 2008 |
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Turkey's constitutional court decides not to ban the ruling party, but ‘warns' it against weakening the country's secular order.
Turkey's constitutional court today... | |
| 16. Decision looms on fate of Turkey's ruling party | July 28, 2008 |
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Turkey's constitutional court is hearing the final evidence in a case that could result in the banning of the country's ruling party.
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| 17. Where's this relationship leading? Markus Ferber, MEP | July 17, 2008 |
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It would be better to turn membership talks into real partnership negotiations before the road ahead becomes a cul-de-sac. Are relations between Turkey and the European... |
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| 18. Modernisers v traditionalists | July 17, 2008 |
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Despite last year's landslide election, the AK party must now fight for its existence. The protracted struggle between modernisers and traditionalists in Turkey has seen a... |
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| 19. Strong growth, but Turkey's economy struggles, too | July 17, 2008 |
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Despite a more stable economy, financial worries are lurking around the Bosphorus. The Turkish economy is suffering a severe dip in confidence, partly attributable to the... |
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| 20. Scarf ruling is wrong-headed | June 12, 2008 |
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A court should not force women to choose between religious belief and educational aspirations. On 5 June, Turkey's constitutional court revoked government measures that... |
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