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Reader comment on item: Erdoğan Bares His Fangs

Submitted by Rebecca Moulds (United States), Jan 5, 2009 at 22:46

We are not surprised at this sad bit of news about Erdogan; if I remember correctly, did not Dr. Pipes warn us of Turkey's possible turn-coat ways, and of this leader's tendency towards radical Islam? It's so sad that Turkey, once an ally of the Western world, is now showing its true colours.

By tossing about incendiary remarks against Israel, the lid has finally been blown off Erdogan's carefully constructed house of cards, revealing the inner workings of radicalism which have been smoldering for a long time. It remains to be seen how the US will respond to these verbal fireworks.

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Daniel Pipes replies:

Yes, my first article on the AKP was in August 2003, "Turkey's Radical Turn?"