Yes,you have Iran and you also have the gulf stateswhich are muslim states that have openly touted western investment in property.They strictly invoke muslim law.
In a democracy whether it is right or wrong the majority party tends to form the government and at the end of a term of government you have a general election. It is then that the voters have the right to change government.The AK party has been inpower since 2002 and has just won its third general election with a substantial majority. The AK party has the biggest mandate to govern of any major country in the world. The opposition in Turkey instead of being a true opposition just cry foul and try to pass every major bill that the government introduces to the constitutional court.
You have actually knocked a hole in your own argument when you wrote that this government has brought stability and econmonic improvement. With regards to the economy what major country is not having problems at the moment. Turkey has tried to join the EU and they are unlikely to succeed because countries like France, Germany and the Netherlands will oppose their application. Turkey has been forced down the route of having to trade with its near arab neighbours and the former soviet trading block.Some of themajor countries in the world are currently under the threat of downgrade. The USA, the biggest economy, is facing a downgrade in the next couple of days. In fact Turkey has done well and has not been subject to losses incurred in most of the western world.
These popular uprising in the middle east are actually taking place in countries where dictatorships were in power, Tunisia, Lybia and Syria were nothing but tin pot dictatorships and any elections held were rigged before the first vote was cast.
As I said earlier the military has no right to interfere in the running of the country. They interfere to make sure their own power has not been taken away.If you want to see a real economic crash in Turkey lets have a military coup and foreigninvestment will just leave the country. In every democratic country the judiciary is always influenced by the incoming government as it is the right of the government in power to make the appointment. In republican times in the US the supreme court judges tend to be republican party supporters and the system is not much different in the UK. In the Uk the bishops of theAnglican church are approved by the government.
The AK party does not have this super majority where it can introduce constitutional change without reference to the people.
Scunner, with regards to dreams living in the sun it is a worrying time. So far the Turkish government has not really done a great deal to impact the lives of foreigners living in Turkey.
