"Secular Turks fear creeping Islamist threat
ANKARA: “Drinking alcohol is strictly prohibited,” reads the sign at the entrance of a sprawling park in Ankara’s Eryaman suburb. At a downtown swimming pool, men and women bathe on separate days.
The facilities are run by the Ankara municipality, held by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), a conservative movement with Islamist roots, which Turkey’s army-backed secularist establishment accuses of eroding this mainly Muslim nation’s fiercely guarded secular system. "
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