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...district. "We must show that we will not tolerate this." Turks have always been patriotic, but the flag-waving may be more than a response to a relatively minor incident. "Left- and right-wing nationalists are uniting on what they call an anti-imperialist agenda," says political commentator Ismet Berkan, editor-in-chief of the national daily Radikal. The reaction may be symptomatic of deepening national insecurity as relations with Europe deteriorate over eventual E.U. membership and recent allegations...
...while the crackdown may serve a political purpose, it may also be part of a long overdue anticorruption drive required by the European Union as a condition for accession negotiations to begin. "If you are going to fight corruption, you have to deal with the Uzans," claims Radikal columnist Berkan. Bizarrely, state-owned companies continue to go Uzan's way. In June the family won yet another privatization bid, this one for the petroleum company Petkim, though it's unclear how it will come up with the down-payment by August's deadline. Yet no one denies that Uzan...
...intention of repaying the loans. Hundreds of millions of dollars of the Uzans' overseas assets have been frozen pending the ruling, which if it goes against them and is upheld on appeal could cost the family $9 billion. "The era of the Uzans' untouchability is over," says Ismet Berkan, chief political columnist of Radikal, a leading left-wing newspaper owned by the Dogan group. "Their empire is unraveling." The clash marks a watershed in Turkey. If the crackdown is successful, the government will claim a major victory in the fight against Turkey's old way of doing business. That could...
...three months. The enigmatic populist can then officially take over from his close ally Abdullah Gul, who took the job until the legal problems could be sorted out. The changes should do away with the anomaly of a leader who "clearly holds power" but no accountability, says analyst Ismet Berkan in Istanbul. "It will be a huge step to normalizing the political setup." - By Andrew Purvis THE CHANNEL Shipwreck Ahoy! Landlubbers and sea dogs alike could only shake their heads at the New Year's Day news that the tanker Vicky had collided with the submerged wreck...