"COMMENT: Modern Turkey � what can we learn from it? �Ishtiaq Ahmed
I recently took the night bus from one Turkish town to another and noticed that several young, middle-aged and old women were travelling without any male chaperon. Everybody treated them with respect. Such equality and freedom should be established in all Muslim societies if we are ever to gain admiration from others
The greatest success modern Turkey has achieved is that it has proved that a Muslim state can be modern, progressive and democratic. Turkey is also currently the fastest growing economy in the world � at 10 per cent per annum. How did it achieve such fantastic results when most other Muslim states and economies are going downhill?"
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