By SABRINA TAVERNISE
Published: April 30, 2007
ISTANBUL, April 29 — When hundreds of thousands of protesters filled the streets of Istanbul on Sunday, it may have looked like a protest of government policy.
It was not.
Behind the slogans and signs of marchers in Istanbul on Sunday and in Ankara two weeks ago was something much more basic: a fear of the lifestyles of their more religious compatriots.
Turkish Markets Plunge on Army Threat Over Election (Update8)
By Ayla Jean Yackley and Steve Bryant
April 30 (Bloomberg) -- Turkey's lira fell the most in seven months and bonds and stocks slumped after the military threatened to block the ruling party's presidential candidate because of his support for Islamist causes.
Crisis pinches Turkey's pocket
POSTED: 1603 GMT (0003 HKT), April 30, 2007
A test for Turkish democracy
Simon Tisdall UK Guardian comment is free
The military may have overplayed its hand in challenging Abdullah Gul's candidacy for president.
Walkers World Turks Near Coup
By MARTIN WALKER
UPI Editor Emeritus
WASHINGTON, April 30 (UPI) --
Ummm, really now, just wtf is going on in Turkey?
Update 12:44 PM 5/1/2007 Crisis as Turkish courts overrule Parliament
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