I would like to remind these guys that being a moderate Islamist is like being a little pregnant.
Look at Turkey's trajectory and you will see. Turkey's problems was never secularism. It was at worst, exclusion from public life in name of secularism.
To suggest that the Diyanet is a defense mechanism against Salafism is a dangerous suggestion. Unfortunately the Western liberal intellectuals never listen to the warnings by secular Turks who actually speak the language and see the discourse changing in society.
When you talk to locals in the Southeast they direct you towards the ISIS safe houses they're aware of. Places like Urfa and Gaziantep.
They used to walk into the country freely. The corpses of Turkish ISIS fighters are returned to their families in a day... while leftists who die fighting for Kobane aren't given back for weeks.
ISIS led Friday prayers in İstanbul a couple of times. They're there. They recruit... AKP liked these people and thought they could control them.
I have never been pro-Russian but I find myself being so in light of recent events.
Yes my country has been forced towards radical Islam. I've warned any Westerner I know about this for years and they called me a radical secularist.
There are ISIS training camps in Turkey. There are hospitals just for their fighters.
And now Turkey downs a Russian plane to protect the radical Sunni Turkmen groups they themselves have created.
I must remind that Turkey refused to help any Turkmen who is a Shii. Erdogan's sectarian politics has brought us to the brink of war. If NATO refuses to defend Turkey, I will not blame them one bit.
As an atheist Turk whose country has been overrun by Islamists I found this article interesting nevertheless. (Yes we have religion "experts" on TV constantly talking about how you can marry 7 year old girls and how you should try not to be naked when taking a shower)
Here's a question. If wearing a headscarf is banned in public spaces... Is the same sensitivity to religious attire/fashion? shown towards other religions? Can a Rabbi or orthodox Jew walk into a courtroom with a big beard? How about an Orthodox or Catholic priest?
I would like to remind these guys that being a moderate Islamist is like being a little pregnant.
Look at Turkey's trajectory and you will see. Turkey's problems was never secularism. It was at worst, exclusion from public life in name of secularism.
To suggest that the Diyanet is a defense mechanism against Salafism is a dangerous suggestion. Unfortunately the Western liberal intellectuals never listen to the warnings by secular Turks who actually speak the language and see the discourse changing in society.
Military experts say that the attack in Ankara is unlikely to be the work of YPG. It doesn't fit their mode of attack.
The government blamed all previous ISIS attacks on the Kurds as well.
When you talk to locals in the Southeast they direct you towards the ISIS safe houses they're aware of. Places like Urfa and Gaziantep.
They used to walk into the country freely. The corpses of Turkish ISIS fighters are returned to their families in a day... while leftists who die fighting for Kobane aren't given back for weeks.
ISIS led Friday prayers in İstanbul a couple of times. They're there. They recruit... AKP liked these people and thought they could control them.
I have never been pro-Russian but I find myself being so in light of recent events.
Yes my country has been forced towards radical Islam. I've warned any Westerner I know about this for years and they called me a radical secularist.
There are ISIS training camps in Turkey. There are hospitals just for their fighters.
And now Turkey downs a Russian plane to protect the radical Sunni Turkmen groups they themselves have created.
I must remind that Turkey refused to help any Turkmen who is a Shii. Erdogan's sectarian politics has brought us to the brink of war. If NATO refuses to defend Turkey, I will not blame them one bit.
As an atheist Turk whose country has been overrun by Islamists I found this article interesting nevertheless. (Yes we have religion "experts" on TV constantly talking about how you can marry 7 year old girls and how you should try not to be naked when taking a shower)
Here's a question. If wearing a headscarf is banned in public spaces... Is the same sensitivity to religious attire/fashion? shown towards other religions? Can a Rabbi or orthodox Jew walk into a courtroom with a big beard? How about an Orthodox or Catholic priest?
Any French citizens to give some clarification?