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Thursday, August 04, 2011

Guardians of secularism no more

"Guardians of secularism no more

Umit Bektas, Reuters

To read of the stunning news, of the almostovernight liquidation of Turkey's Ataturkist or secularist military caste, and to try to do so from the standpoint of a seriously secular Turk, is to have a small share in the sense of acute national vertigo that must have accompanied the proclamation of a new system in the second two decades of the 20th century."

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