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Analyst: Turkey is not becoming pious, in fact it is moving away from religion - POLITICS

Analyst: Turkey is not becoming pious, in fact it is moving away from religion

AHMET HAKAN
Volkan Ertit, an academic popularly known for his books ‘Secularism’ and ‘The Age of Concerned Conservatives,’ argues that Turkish people are becoming less pious. ‘Turkey is shifting away from religion,’ Ertit says, citing changing attitudes to a series of social issues. Speaking to daily Hürriyet, Ertit listed 11 criteria supporting his thesis.

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