If the AKP wins, Turkey will not become a Shariah state; fundamentalist Islam is alien to the Turkish soul. However, it will become a country in which dissent is difficult, and a society suffused with a new, intimate version of a religion-state relationship. In other words, it will be less like secular, liberal-democratic Italy and more like authoritarian, semi secular Jordan.
Monday, July 7, 2008
Whether Turkey?
If you've an interest in the future of Turkey, this article from The Wall Street Journal Europe is for you. It focuses on the on-going struggles between Islamic and secular forces in Turkey, with the Islamic currently ascendant. It concludes:
