(National Review) Michael Rubin - At the funeral last week of Justice Ozbilgin, Turkish crowds booed Foreign Minister Gul. Prime Minister Erdogan was a no-show. They applauded President Sezer and the generals who attended. We have been charting the evolution of the ruling party's assault on secularism. Erdogan may not have pulled the trigger, but he certainly greased the gun. Most recent U.S. ambassadors to Turkey have peddled the fiction that the ruling Justice and Development Party [AKP] was conducting business as usual.
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