Don't you think the condition of the economy in Turkey, the decline in real wages, might have something to do with such "urban middle class cover" "secularism," "women's rights"?
I don't doubt the US or Nato "alarm," but 1) the bourgeoisie, and petty bourgeoisie, and military of Turkey are quite capable of supporting/conducting a coup for reasons of their own, which will certainly reduce the alarm level, but still-- are reasons of their own 2) internal resistance to, as well as support for, Erdogan will be driven by the economic conditions. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred Feldman" <ffeld...@bellatlantic.net> To: "David Schanoes" <sartes...@earthlink.net> Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 11:50 PM Subject: Re: [Marxism] Is Turkey Leaving the West? (from "Foreign Affairs") ________________________________________________ YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
