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Since becoming a parliamentary democracy in 1945, Turkey has suf- fered from frequent political deadlocks, military coups, and a severe economic decline. Yet there is very little chance of this Muslim country becoming "anotherIran," says Rustow, a political scientist at the City University of New York.
A large foreign debt is Turkey's most pressing problem. Aided US. technology, the country's agricultural...