There are no “moderate” moozlums. It is merely the emergence of a true moozlum state.
Bit late, ain’t it? The “secular state” was kaput as soon as Erdogan took over as Prime Minister eleven years ago.
“Moderate” and “Muslim” are incompatible.
Turkey was moderate only when secular.
Should have kicked Turkey out of NATO in 74 after they invaded Cyprus.
He sounds like a perfect Western hating buddy for Obama and they both support the Muslim Brotherhood, as well.
If Erdogan speaks for all Turks then Obama speaks for all Americans. I think Erdogan won last week with 51 percent.. about what Obama got last time.
Turkey polarised ahead of [recent] presidential polls
Even Al Jazeera reports (10 Aug 2014)
A poll conducted by Washington-based Pew Research Center of 1,001 people between April 11 and May 14 found opinions on Erdogan's leadership record were sharply fragmented. Respondents were evenly split on their feelings about Erdogan's policies, with 48 percent saying that he has positive influence on the country while the same percentage said the opposite.
A majority of 51 percent said they were not satisfied with the country's direction, while 44 percent said they were . . . Pew noted that the mood in Turkey was much more negative before 2011, with clear majorities expressing dissatisfaction with the country's direction each year between 2002 [the year Erdogan's AK Party won election] and 2010. It added that opinions have been similarly split over the last four years.
Example from a few years ago.
Lest some think that all Turks are ready to give in to Islamism, Sharia law, and burkas.. well no they are not.
"Opinion polls that measure attitudes toward the AKP and its conservative values suggest that 32 percent to 38 percent of Turks (upward of 25 million people) would never support the AKP or want to live in a country shaped solely by its values."
It goes beyond dissatisfaction it is would never support the AKP or want to live in a country shaped solely by current ruling party's values.
Kinda like it is here. We have a similar problem vis-a-vis Obama, et al.
turkey had the chance to throw off the shackles of an oppressive ideology, and seemed to be making progress for a while.
Now it’s going back to the intolerant and angry religion it almost got rid of.
Ah,the good old days when we used to knock off people like Erdogan.
Erdogan is suffering from thoughts of grandeur of becoming the latest Caliph.
ping!
Modern Turkey was created after WW-I by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk as a secular state wholly separated from Islam. He abolished the caliphate and sharia courts, allowed secular education and women’s rights. Erdogan is taking Turkey back 100 years.