Ένα μικρό σχόλιο του Johan Norberg στο προσωπικό του GlobLog αποτυπώνει με τον καλύτερο δυνατό τρόπο τις εκπληκτικές εξελίξεις στην Τουρκία του Recep Tayyip Erdogan, ενός ηγέτη της εμβέλειας του Κεμάλ Ατατούρκ. Tuesday, 8/5/2007: 02:04 - ISLAMIC CALVINISTS: [Many Europeans, including the new French president, don’t think that Muslim Turkey belongs to modern, liberal Europe, and the Turkish opposition and military has just stopped Abdullah Gül from becoming Turkey’s president, because of his Islamist background. But is Islam incompatible with modernisation? Take a look at this fascinating ESI report about Gull’s home province Kayseri, in Central Anatolia, the rural, traditional, religious part of Turkey. In just a few years, structural reforms and impressive growth has transformed it into a wealthy center for manufacturing and trade. Kayseri has become a leading cluster for Turkish furniture production and here one fabric company produces one percent of the world’s...
"Ο πολιτισμός είναι η πορεία προς μια κοινωνία ατόμων" ......Ayn Rand