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In 1923, when Mustafa Kemal Ataturk overthrew the Khalifa to establish secular rule, a new Turkey was born. Overthrowing all its previous allegations as the ‘sick man of Europe’, secular turkey was different from what it was under six hundred years of Ottoman Turk rule. However, elements of reform did not reach every citizen of [...]

The non-Islamic world has of late been familiar to the militant face of Islam but has Islam survived for over thousand years by wielding the sword alone? The world has also seen the soft countenance of Islam in the Sufi saints revered by people from all faiths. The question that now arises among the Muslims [...]

Ever since the AKP (Justice and Development Party) party swept the parliamentary polls in Turkey and also managed to get their own man elected as president, we had been expecting a clash between the moderate Muslim party and the hardline secularists in the country. The fear of a major clash has come to pass. The [...]

Turkey might just loose it’s EU membership to a woman’s head scarf. Turkey’s top court will be hearing a case within the week to shut down the ruling Justice and Development (AK) party for allegedly promoting Islamic activites. The EU has expressed concerns regarding the stability of the party which had won 47 percent of [...]

Turkey is being pulled in two opposite directions. The ruling AKP wants it go on to become a liberal Islamic country. The powerful army, judiciary and bureaucracy wants that Turkey continues following the path shown by Kemal Ataturk. They distrust the AKP and feel its leaders want to turn Turkey into an orthodox Muslim nation. [...]

Turkey is going through turbulent times. The Kemalists are trying to get rid of the liberal Islamist AKP through the courts. The AKP has struck back by arresting two generals for allegedly leading an armed gang that wanted to destabilize society through killings thus paving the way for military intervention. The words of Ataturk Kemal [...]

Turkey is bracing for biggest political upheavals in recent times. Turkey’s highest court, the Constitutional Court, will convene today to decide whether the ruling party, Justice and Development Party, popularly known as AKP is indulging in anti-secular activities. The government may be dissolved. The court ruling may even ban the senior party leaders which includes [...]