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Viewing cable 07SAOPAULO737, MEDIA REACTION: EUROPE: TURKEY, ISLAM AND DEMOCRACY; SCO

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07SAOPAULO737 2007-08-30 15:26 2011-07-11 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Consulate Sao Paulo 
VZCZCXYZ0023
OO RUEHWEB

DE RUEHSO #0737 2421526
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 301526Z AUG 07
FM AMCONSUL SAO PAULO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 7407
INFO RHEHNSC/NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHDC IMMEDIATE
RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA PRIORITY 8521
RUEHRI/AMCONSUL RIO DE JANEIRO PRIORITY 8290
RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHDC 2884
 
UNCLAS SAO PAULO 000737 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE INR/R/MR; IIP/R/MR; WHA/PD 
 
DEPT PASS USTR 
 
USDOC 4322/MAC/OLAC/JAFEE 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: EUROPE: TURKEY, ISLAM AND DEMOCRACY; SCO 
PAULO 
 
 "Democracy In Islam" 
 
Liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (8/30) 
editorialized: "Are democracy and Islamism compatible? Turkey is 
trying to demonstrate that they are, but the nation is facing a hard 
challenge as a result of former Prime Minister Abdullah G|l's 
election for president. G|l is a moderate Muslim, but every 
religious inclination in Turkey is sufficient to raise the secular 
establishment's distrust.... The military was not pleased [with 
G|l's election], but opted for not overreacting. An adventure 
outside of established institutional boundaries could jeopardize 
once and for all Turkey's chances of becoming an EU member.... For 
Turkey to become the first full democracy in the Islamic world, it 
is necessary that the state remains secular even under an Islamic 
party, and without military tutelage." 
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