Turkish democracy

Turkish democracy
The Washington Times - For months, opposition parties in Turkey have been calling for the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), and its leader, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, to delay the presidential election until after the parliamentary elections so that

Jamestown's birthday notes a darker side this time
Christian Science Monitor - Jamestown has since come to symbolize both the beginnings of slavery and democracy, the downside and upside, which makes it harder to be full-throated celebratory." Organizers say this year's event is meant to be more inclusive than

Obama: Make Debate Video Public
Baltimore Sun - Rather than restricting the product of those debates, we should instead make sure that our democracy and citizens have the chance to benefit from them in all the ways that technology makes possible." Last week, a coalition led by Stanford University

Turkish Premier Calls Vote to End 'Blockade' on Democracy
Washington Post - ISTANBUL, May 2 -- Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan called Wednesday for early parliamentary elections in Turkey , offering a plebiscite on his ruling party's brand of populist, religiously rooted politics, which the country's secular elite

UVF to put weapons beyond reach
MSN MoneyCentral - A UVF statement said it was "an earnest attempt to augment the return of accountable democracy to the people of Northern Ireland and, as such, to engender confidence that the constitutional question has now been firmly settled". It was read out by