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Originally Posted by neyzen
Turks have more rediscovered Islam than it looks like. ...it comes from deep and slowly... Now, religious groups have many key chairs.
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What is your suggestion Neyzen? You are drawing a very dark image for Turkey, whereas it is the quite opposite.
Yes, Turkey's President, Prime Minister and Speaker of the Parliament/Vice-President are practicing Muslims, but they are not Political Islamists aiming to overthrow the Secular Turkish Establishment, albeit some political parties assert this in a bid to scare the Turkish public and vote the AKP out!
I have had the honour to meet both His Excellency Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and various other Goverment Ministers on numerous occassions and I can guarantee you thet are not aiming to turn Turkey into a country ruled by Sharia Law. They have very good ideas for Turkey. One of their primary aims is Modernization in line with the Principles of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. Their aim is to create an economic revolution, thus making us more favourable to the EU (Although I do not support Turkey's EU membership).
Can you please show me one piece of legisaltion which uses Islam as a pretext? Can you show me one piece of legislation which is in conflict with the doctrine of secularism or Kemalism. By the way, the banning or the legalisation of the headscarf is not an indication of secularism! Nor is it an indication of anti-kemalism! The AKP are Conservatives but they are by no means Radicals. The maintaining of relations with the State of Israel is the best evidence of this.
Furthermore, do you really believe that the Turkish Secular establish such as the Turkish Armed Forces and aboveall the Turkish people will allow such reversion? Turkey is secular and will always remain that way. Islam and secularism can always co-exist. Islam is a majority of the publics religion. Secularism is the States ideology! Its simple as that.