BRICs: Add “T” for Turkey

BRICs: Add “T” for Turkey
By Stephan Richter | Friday, June 10, 2011 http://www.theglobalist.com/StoryId.aspx?StoryId=9182

Visiting — and analyzing — Turkey is an exercise in constant surprises. In fact, the only thing that can be said with any level of assurance is that the usual labels, so easily applied, do not really stick. Despite some troublesome overreaches, especially against journalists, the country is successfully modernizing by blending religion with economic and social progress, writes Stephan Richter.