NATO

Even though the country had its first elections in 1950 and joined NATO two years later, the martial law of the land remained in many provinces right up to 1987. Today the Turkish government has multivariate challenges before it, with special regard to the treatment of the country’s Kurdish minority; and the status of the ‘Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus’. Turkey also faces internal pressure, primarily from the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK). Over the years, the party has been a thorn in the flesh of the Turkish government because of their armed quest for Kurdish autonomy. The Turkish government (formed by Adalet ve Kalkinma Partisi under Recep Erdogan in 2002) has its backs to the wall as it recuperates from the recession of 2000-2001. The Turkish government is now pushing hard to become a member of the EU.

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