Today, liberty is threatened by a pernicious Islamic extremism and by a resurgent Russian nationalism. NATO member Turkey is at the front lines of both of these conflicts. While Turkey’s allies expect it to stand sentinel over these threats they are ever more concerned that it is moving away from the West. Yet, Turkey is where it has always been, a country with a defined set of political values that are apart and distinct from those of the West.
Since coming to power in 2002, the AK Party shifted Turkey’s geopolitical orientation to accommodate political Islam. Now, the conflicts in …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
