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Harrington tells a narrative that illuminates of crucial problems with our time. the way in which he tells the tale and the resources on which he has relied symbolize the simplest form of old learn and research. Jim Harrington is one my heroes for he has spent greater than 4 a long time within the fight for human rights.In this booklet, we see the fight between secular and non secular parts in Turkey. . . . Harrington has performed us a carrier, for by way of seeing and knowing what has been occurring in Turkey, we will draw classes concerning the rules of our personal executive at domestic and in a foreign country. Harrington's approach to study and research is very important during this respect.Trials can, and reasonable trials will, provide voice to witness tales. . . . The case [Harrington] has selected is iconic simply because its significant determine offers a problem to special secular and spiritual tendencies in smooth Turkey. The case is necessary to americans simply because those very traits are at paintings in lots of components of the center East, and since this Turkish political trial teaches us vital classes for our personal kingdom. (Michael E. Tigar, emeritus professor of the perform of legislations, Duke legislation institution, and emeritus professor of legislations, Washington collage of legislation; writer of brooding about Terrorism)
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There have been none, however, since the Ergenekon prosecution got underway. In January 2010, a second plot, the Sledgehammer (“Balyoz”) Secu rity Operation Plan, came to light, this one devised by some elements of the military. Operation Sledgehammer dates back to 2003 and is alleg edly a coup d ’etat plan against the governing Justice and Development (AK) Party. The Sledgehammer plan—sketched out in 5,000 pages and voice re cordings filed in court,22 leaked from inside military circles—outlined a series of drastic, violent, and bloody measures to instigate chaos in the country, thus setting the stage for forcing the AK Party from pown The Turkey's History, Culture, Religion & Politics 35 blueprint involved bombing two major mosques in Istanbul during Fri day prayer, an assault on a military museum by assailants posing as fundamentalists, and the engineering of tensions with Greece by fighter plane dogfights with the Greek air force over the Aegean Sea—and even shooting down a Turkish plane and blaming it on Greece.
Nevertheless, reforms to implement EU standards began in summer 2001 with Turkey’s three-party coalition government and gained mo mentum with the coming to power of the Justice and Development (AK) Party at the end of 2002. In 2004, ten new member states, including Cyprus, were admitted into the Union. The EU turned its attention to other membership candi dates, including Turkey. In December 2004, despite the fact that Turkey liiid still not met its customs union obligations, the EU Council con cluded that Turkey had made enough progress in areas of legislative process, economic stability, and judicial reform to proceed with acces- 44 Wrestling with Free Speech, Religious Freedom, & Democracy .
S. Foreign Policy magazine. uk/prospect-100-intellectuals/. Prospect also drew attention to a recent international conference, held at the House of Lords, which discussed Giilen’s ideas on marrying science and religion, his large body of work on interpreting Islam for the modern age, and his influence on Turkish politics. Fethullah Gillen and the “Movement ” 19 9. The Council also appoints university rectors, deans and department heads and certifies PhD candidates. The Ministry of Education names the high school principals and sets the curriculum.