"The Political Economy of Turkish Ultra-Secularism
[Originally published in Turkish Daily News]
It is no secret that many of the political wars in Turkey are related to the age-old conflict between the secularists and conservatives. The current heated debate over the possible — and very likely — presidency of Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan is just one of the many symptoms of this permanent clash between these two camps. (As well known, the secularists simply don't find Mr. Erdoğan secular enough to be Turkey's next president. Mr. Erdoğan's supporters, on the other, find the secularists not democratic enough to accept a president who is not one their kin.)"
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