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Islam, Gender And Democracy In Turkey

Roger Friedland | Posted 02.28.2012 | Religion
Read More: Erdogan, Quran, Turkey, Islam, Ataturk, AK Party, Woman, Istanbul, Islamic Headscarf Ban, Family, Gender, Islamic Feminism, Religion News
Roger Friedland

In Turkey secularism means state control of Islam and the exclusion of Islam from the public sphere, an enforced privatization of religion. Ataturk's secular republic had shut down all independent mosques.

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Muslim Lite: Women, Islam and the Turkish Way

Roger Friedland | Posted 02.19.2012 | Religion
Read More: Muslim Headscarves, Muslim Headscarf Ban, Istanbul, Feminism, AK Party, Islam, Muslim Women, Islam and Democracy, Women in Islam, Gender in Turkey, Headscarves in Turkey, Islam in Turkey, Women in Turkey, Turkey, Gender and Religion, Religion News
Roger Friedland

Democracy is about the right to choose. Turkey is at a critical cusp, and I cannot help feeling that, with the proliferation of young women like these, the future of Turkey's democracy is in good hands.

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Turkey: The First Mideast Revolution

Eric Margolis | Posted 08.20.2011 | Politics
Read More: Kurds, Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Gul, "Zero Problems" Policy, AK Party, Politics News
Eric Margolis

Erdogan's third electoral victory fell short of allowing him to rewrite the obsolete constitution without consensus from other parties, but his victory means years more democratic and economic progress for the vitally important nation of Turkey.

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Time to Rise Above the Fray

Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Erdogan, Israeli-Turkish-Relations, Danny Ayalon, Turkey, Israel, AK Party, Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Pkk, Goldstone Report, Benjamin Netanyahu, Hamas, Israel Gaza Operation, World News
Alon Ben-Meir

A year after Israel's offensive in Gaza drove a wedge between Turkey and Israel, emotions are still overriding reason, causing what was recently seen to be a diplomatic breach on the verge of crisis.

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How Obama Will Inspire the People of Turkey

Ahu Ozyurt | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Turkey, AK Party, Turkey Erdogan Israel, Turkey Kurds, President Obama, Erdogan, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Obama, Barack Obama, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, World News
Ahu Ozyurt

President Obama can remind Turkey that one can be secular in mind and Muslim at heart at the same time; one can pray, wear jeans and maybe have a glass of wine every once a while.

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