To: FerdieMurphy
"Turks in Europe identify more and more with the Islamic faith"
Is that really true?
To: ConservativeDude
5 posted on
05/25/2006 5:22:06 AM PDT by
FerdieMurphy
(For English, Press One. (Tookie, you won the Pulitzer and Nobel prizes. Oh, too late.))
To: ConservativeDude
Yes, if this is a real question. The Turks have elected an islamist government, although, with the way the Turkish government is structured, it may not effect Turkish foreign policy as much as it does domestic policy.
The Turkish government has banned the veil (at work anyway) for its Civil Service employees since the days of Ataturk. That policy is now under review and I suspect it will be overturned.
McVey
6 posted on
05/25/2006 5:24:02 AM PDT by
mcvey
(Fight on. Do not give up. Ally with those you must. Defeat those you can. And fight on whatever.)
To: ConservativeDude
Quite possible. The Turkish government is, by law, extremely secular -- Ataturk saw to that. Religious display, such as women wearing head-scarves, is illegal in government buildings.
Turks who are more fundamentalistically inclined may find it easier to practice that in Germany and the rest of Europe than in Turkey.
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