TURKEY'S ANTI-AKP ISLAMISTS? An article in the Turkish Daily news that you can read here notes protests against the ruling Justice and Develpment party -- on the part of islamists. I can't figure out the extent to which this kind of story has been followed in the U.S. press. My sense is that there is a tendency to view the AKP as a front for more radical islamist groups, if not as a radical islamist group itself, following the rules of parliamentary life only for the meantime. This is not the only view of Erdogan and the party that he unofficially leads, of course. But I wonder if it will become a more prominent U.S. view as Turkey's recent recalcitrance reveals itself as a serious logistical and strategic roadblock for the administration. Stories like this are necessary to help counter the "stalking-horse" view of the AKP.