This is an interesting story in which the military is bristling at the
notion of increasing religiosity.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/5086496.html
ISTANBUL, Turkey ¡X Turkey's military issued a stern warning on Monday
about the threat to secularism on the eve of an expected triumph of the
Islamic-oriented government: the election of a loyal ¡X and devout ¡X
president.
There were no signs that the military planned to disrupt Parliament's
vote on Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, but the statement describing "the
centers of evil" arrayed against secular Turkey was a reminder of its
past interventions to enforce the separation of mosque and state. This
time, the military is dealing with a government that renewed its mandate
in a resounding election victory in July and an emboldened prime
minister who has urged the generals to stay out of politics.
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L. Raymond
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