13.03.2008 - Source: EurasiaNet

Political observers call recent abolition of headscarf ban at universities exemplary for Turkish government's slow and questionable commitment to democratisation; in opposition to such reforms, a more civic draft for constitution has been finished months ago, but still has not been dealt with by government ("Worries mount over government’s commitment to democratization") [ID 22685]

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11.07.2007 - Source: Konrad Adenauer Stiftung

Report on parties, electoral law and political culture (historical background; existing parties today and their characteristics; development of electoral law; law on political parties and process of banning political parties) ("Die türkische Parteiendemokratie; Diskussionen über Parteien, Wahlrecht und die politische Kultur") [ID 23942]

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12.06.2006 - Source: Guardian

Continuing power struggle between defenders of secularist state and ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of religious conservatives ("Secular Turks and Islamists fight for supremacy in the courts and streets") [ID 17674]

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