"Time for fundamental change in Turkey
by Alex Forsyth | March 13th, 2008
Turkey is often referred to as the land where East meets West, an Islamic country with a secular state. But there are those who fear for the future of Turkey, who see the secular waters of the Turkish republic increasingly muddied with the silt of religious doctrine.
Now with the lifting of the ban on Islamic headscarves within universities, the phobia of Turkey’s de-secularisation is growing. Many see this as the first major sign of Islamic political control and the beginning of a ‘new Turkey’, but there is also the sense that the ‘issue’ is being magnified by secular media."
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