"Does Prime Minister Erdoğan Accept Turkish Secularism?
Middle East Quarterly
Spring 2007
On March 14, 2003, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, leader of the Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkinma Partisi, AKP), became Turkey's prime minister.[1] While the AKP makes no secret of its Islamic roots, it describes itself as a conservative party that fully accepts Turkey's secular system of government.[2] 'A political party cannot have a religion, only individuals can,' Erdoğan explained.[3]"
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