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Soothing Talk From Turkey.(new leader)
Elections in staunchly secular Turkey last week delivered an overwhelming victory to the Islamic-rooted Justice and Development Party. But the party's chairman, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, formerly a member of the radical Islamic Welfare party, has been banned from politics. He must now decide whether to appoint a prime minister or seek to change the Constitution so he can assume the post himself. He must also prove he has moderated his hard-line Islamist views. Last week NEWSWEEK's Lally Weymouth sat down with Erdogan in Ankara. Excerpts:
WEYMOUTH: Do you have a vision of a different Turkey?
ERDOGAN: Yes, Turkey needs a new vision. I am going to try to change Turkey as I changed Istanbul when I was [mayor].
People in the West admire Turkey as a secular, democratic Muslim country. They are worried that your party is really an Islamic party that will change the character of the nation.
Our party is not Islamic. It is not based on religion. The Turkish media tried to place us in that category.
Would you like to be prime minister, or will you appoint someone?
Public opinion solved this on Nov. 3 [the day of the elections]. The public announced who should be the next prime minister, and the rest is the responsibility of the political world. I believe it will do its part.
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