The much bigger issue is whether the European-style democracies can survive in a globalised world.

The Nicaraguan Socialist Party, whose leaders have been articulate proponents of Marxism here for decades, has begun shifting its official ideology toward European-style social democracy.

Personally I'm a fan of European-style parliamentary democracy; even fringes of the electorate get represented.

But Turkish society is now racing toward European-style democracy, and the new openness here alarms diehard defenders of the old order, known collectively here as "Deep State."

In Moscow, Gillespie reported on Russia's struggle to shed its Soviet past and become a European-style democracy.

"The fact that Turkey is a Muslim country and has created a European-style democracy should be seen as a major contribution to world and European peace."

Ms. Khakamada said opinion polls indicated that a sizable bloc of Russians favored a European-style democracy, even if they had grown disillusioned during the erratic transition from Soviet rule.

It is a system of views which criticizes European-style democracy and Soviet Marxism in detail.

The DLM backs a European-style social democracy to promote equality without hampering personal liberty or economic productivity.

But others are already beginning to plan for a brighter future, one in which authoritarianism and nationalism are set aside in favor of European-style democracy.