Turkey is nominally a secular state. The ascendency of Islam around the world is putting a tremendous strain on Atatürk's secular legacy.
It is very likely that within our life time, if not within just a couple of years, we will see Turkey return to Islamic Theocratic rule.
Greece will once again have a hostile alien neighbor bent on the destruction of their way of life and the consumption of all that they possess.
Are their any heroes left in Greece? They will need them. And soon.
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Turkey’s staunchly pro-secular president, Ahmet Necdet Sezer, said Friday that the threat Islamic fundamentalism posed to the country was higher than ever — a warning clearly directed at Erdogan.
“For the first time, the pillars of the secular republic are being openly questioned,” Sezer said in an address to military officers.
Inching toward religious rule?
Erdogan’s government denies it has an Islamic agenda, but critics say the government is inching the country toward increased religious rule.
The prime minister has stoked secularist concerns by speaking out against restrictions on wearing Islamic-style head scarves in government offices and schools and taking steps to bolster religious institutions. He also tried to criminalize adultery before being forced to back down under intense EU pressure, and some party-run municipalities have taken steps to ban alcohol consumption.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18106513/
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