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...member of the Security Council. For that reason it is inconceivable that Germany will end up the lone dissenter on an Iraq resolution. Such ambitions will no doubt take precedence when Schröder decides how to cast his vote. - By Charles P. Wallace/Berlin TURKEY Ready to Rule The Turkish parliament cleared the way for Recep Tayyip Erdogan, leader of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), to become Prime Minister later this year. Erdogan, whose Islamic-leaning party won a landslide victory in November elections, had been barred from taking the top post because of a Turkish law excluding...
...demonstrate the benefits of reform to the Muslim world than to reward Turkey's new, Islam-based ruling party with an invitation to join Europe's most exclusive club? That would demonstrate that the war on terrorism is not just an anti-Muslim crusade - and it might help salve Turkish irritation at having some of that war waged from its territory. Turkey's membership might not even be under debate right now without this long-term American lobbying. But would it be on a faster track if the Americans hadn't leaned so hard before Copenhagen? "The security and strategic...
...TIME: When Chairman Erdogan meets with President Bush, the U.S. will presumably be asking Turkey to allow greater deployments of U.S. personnel on Turkish soil in the event of war with Iraq. What is the outlook of the Justice and Development Party on the question of Iraq...
...course. The JDP is a party founded in Turkey to pursue prosperity and a better standard of living for the Turkish people. The military is there to secure the Turkish people. Our interests are common. We are lovers of the same country, servants of the same people. Any decisions that any one of the sides makes will be to better the lives of the Turkish people. Therefore common sense and logic will prevail...
...process of extending freedom of speech and other democratic freedoms. The people of Turkey deserve to live under European standards, and we will do everything to achieve that. People should have the freedom to criticize us. Our goal is to expand the individual freedom and rights of Turkish people in all aspects of their lives...