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 This article is about Turkey, not the Arab Middle East. Turkey has been a democracy for awhile. |
Did you read the OP?
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As Turkey heads to an election on June 12 ---8212; the size of Mr. Erdogan---8217;s majority the only question ---8212; the country faces an Arab Spring, which took it by surprise; ambitions that stretch beyond its means; and growing fears that Mr. Erdogan---8217;s eight years in office have decisively shifted power from the old secular elite and toward his party and the merchant class, migrants and downtrodden that it courts.
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The article mentions it, not me out of no where.
Turkey has not been a democracy very long. It only counts since the last time the military ever got involved (70s or 80s? can't recall), and IMHO, since at least one, ideally 2 peaceful transfers of power between parties. Ie: Mexico only became a democracy at the very least when the PRI lost its first election a few years ago, and it's only
sure where it switches back and forth peacefully.