Turkey’s leader discusses a promise not yet fulfilled

John Kass jskass@tribune.com 23/5/2012 Why hasn’t Turkish government reopened Greek Orthodox seminary? Turkish President Abdullah Gul, in Chicago for the NATO summit, sat down with the Tribune’s editorial board Monday and I sat in. His largely Islamic nation, so often misunderstood, ruled by secular generals for decades, is now in the midst of a democratic revolution, taking the difficult steps of forming a constitution, balancing the rights of minorities and the fears of the old secularists about Islam.