ERDOGAN’S ISLAMIST PARTY LEADS STATE TO DEMOCRACY

PanARMENIAN.Net
27.06.2006 15:57 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ I should say that changes take place in Turkey. How
much paradoxical it may sound but the Islamist line pursued by
Recep Tayyip leads the country towards democratization. Islamists
wish to limit the role of the General Staff in the home and foreign
policy. The period launched by the young Turks and Kemal Ataturk
comes to an end, Head of the Department of Turkey of the National
Academy of Sciences of Armenia, Doctor Ruben Safrastyan stated in an
interview with PanARMENIAN.Net.

The incumbent government stands for Islam which promotes the process
of European integration. Erdogan can become Turkey’s new president
and this will mean the final end of Kemalists represented by President
Ahmed Necet Sezer. Of course there is a risk. If the positions of the
military weaken we will have to deal with unpredictable Turkey. But
it’s premature to speak of it yet.