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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (96328)4/25/2003 8:47:46 PM
From: Sun Tzu  Respond to of 281500
 
Not quite. Yes he does not "run" the country. He has veto power over what goes on. Think of him more as a referee between the hardliners and the moderates. Although in his heart he is a hardliner, he has also come on the side of moderates quite often. Like I said, it is not a perfect democracy, but then again, I did not hear any complaints about Turkish military stiring the political process there.