Thursday, January 09, 2014
Kerim Balci
Last
updated Jan. 08, 2014 Turkey is passing through interesting
times. Very recently the country has been shaken by two corruption
investigations involving ministers from the ruling Justice and Development
Party (AK Party). The related investigations heralded the final parting of the
ways between two strong players in Turkey: the AK Party and the Hizmet movement
(a faith-inspired community affiliated with the now US-based Turkish cleric
Fethullah Gülen). Once allies against military tutelage and staunch secularist
elite control of power centers in the country, recent events and the Turkish
prime minister’s response demonstrate the differing views and positions of both
sides.
