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Article: A man for all Turks? Turkey.(Turkey's Kemal Dervis chooses sides)(Brief Article)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- August 31, 2002
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How Kemal Dervis could change the face of Turkish politics
HE'S finally made up his mind. After keeping the nation guessing for the better part of a month, Turkey's former economy minister, Kemal Dervis, has declared that he will be going into politics after all. He has thrown in his lot with the Republican People's Party, known as CHP, Turkey's oldest left-wing party. The announcement marks a dramatic shift in Turkey's politics, with parliamentary elections due on November 3rd.
Mr Dervis's personal popularity is such that, until last week, he was being wooed by one political party after another. For secular-minded urbanites, he is the only effective ...