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In Turkey Vote, a Window on Common Identity

Posted November 2nd, 2015 at 8:16 am (UTC-4)
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For all their divisiveness, elections are a window on a country’s ability to form a civic identity, one that rises above creed, tribe, race, or ethnicity…. Turkey is now the place to watch in this global trend toward binding a particular people along shared principles of governance.