The Paradox of Religion In Erdogan’s Turkey
By: Tulin Daloglu for Al-Monitor Turkey Pulse. Posted on March 17.
In a country where there seems to be a mosque on almost every corner, it sounds overblown to claim that pious Muslims are oppressed in Turkey. But since the Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power over a decade ago, it has been the party line to accuse Kemalist ideology as being Islamophobic and responsible for oppressing and discriminating against practicing Muslims in state, business, and personal affairs.
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