"Siddiqui: Bigotry in Turkey and in Europe
Published On Wed Jul 13 2011
By Haroon Siddiqui Editorial Page
ANKARA
Say you are Jewish or Sikh or Hindu or a Unitarian in Turkey. Can you be a full-fledged Turkish citizen?
Yes, in theory but not in practice. You’d have to subsume your religious, ethnic and other identities into being just “Turkish.”
This is not another variation of the old Quebec separatist refrain about who was a true Quebecer — only the pure laine. This goes to the core of how, even whether, Turkey can move beyond multi-party elections and evolve into a liberal democracy in which all citizens are truly equal."
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