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ARTICLE: "Muslim Land Joins Ranks of Tigers: Turkey's Islamist-Leaning Leaders Embrace Free Markets," by Andrew Higgins and Farnaz Fassini, Wall Street Journal, 6 August 2008, p. A1.
Six years in power and the Islamist AKP (Justice and Development Party) continues to live up to both halves of its name:
From tourism and tomato growing to car making, Turkey has prospered far more under an Islam-tinged government than it did under some previous, ardently secular administrations more in tune with the often decidedly un-Islamic ways of many Turkish businesspeople.
Surviving the head scarf flap (AKP wanted to let female college students wear them if desired and were taken to court and almost outlawed on that basis).
Hey, booze sales are skyrocketing, so something's working.
Islamists in the Middle East have long condemned the mix, but Islam and capitalism as a continuing experiment is "closely watched in big parts of the Muslim world."
Lead goose—do your thang!
Enterra will have an office in Istanbul soon. It's a natural.
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