[Berlin_Freeper]

- a big step closer to Islamism and an even bigger step toward being hostile to the United States and Israel

That means a step towards nuclear weapons too.

[expatguy]

I'm sorry, but I can't believe I'm reading this nonsense.

Does the author honestly think democracy is going to take root there?

[AlexW]

In that part of the world, I would rather keep the devil that I know, before having the devil that I do not know.

[Brad from Tennessee]

Since Erdogan became prime minister of Turkey in 2003 his strategy has been to quietly insert Islamists into the state bureaucracy and the schools. He appears to be building a force to counter the Army, considered the guardian of secularism. Erdogan was quoted in the New York Times saying “Democracy is like a streetcar. When you come to your stop, you get off.” This could become the model for Egypt.