I see Turkey's future as being in Europe, as one of many prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries.
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There's been quite a clear upswing in nationalist sentiments. Everyone is talking about it, in Turkey as well.
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I really don't want to portray the Islamists as simply evil, the way it's often done in the west.
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