"Turkish PM says mistake to pit secularism against Islam
ERCAN ERSOY
Reuters
May 15, 2007 at 10:08 AM EDT
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, commenting on mass secularist rallies against his Islamist-rooted government, said on Tuesday it was wrong to depict religion and secularism as being in conflict in Turkey.
'It would be a mistake to pit secularism against Islam,' Mr. Erdogan said during a televised conference on press freedom."
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