"The Secularism of the Army and the Islamists Mostafa Zein Al Hayat - 02/09/07//
The historical reconciliation between the political Islam and the modern state in Turkey took more than 80 years. This spans the period from the establishment of the republic and its triumph over the effect of the Protocol of Sèvres until the election of Abdullah Gül president days ago. Throughout this period, the army was able to maintain the secularism of the state that rebelled against a conservative society ruled, for many years, by caliphs (Sultans) in the name of Islam. From this title they drew their legitimacy, seizing the significance of such title in the consciousness and subconsciousness of the Muslim, especially in the Arab world. In its name, they fought and occupied countries and subdued them for centuries, brandishing religious slogans in the face of Western Christian slogans."
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