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The AKP is by no means an overwhelming majority party (if it is a majority at all) and Turkey has the potential to be a liberal secular state (it was formed as
by zabzonk 6y ago
The AKP is by no means an overwhelming majority party (if it is a majority at all) and Turkey has the potential to be a liberal secular state (it was formed as such by Attaturk), and probably would be today if they had been allowed to join the EU.
- jorblumesea 6y agoI think it still has potential but Edrogen's dictatorship and the AKP are rapidly eroding some of those ideas. There are two Turkeys, the cosmopolitan cities and the rural country (from which AKP hails from). In order to maintain power, Islam is being used to promote national identity and ethnocentrism. It is also being heavily taught in schools. This is a pretty good write up: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14683857.2019.1580828 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14683857.2019.1... Probably the best summary is a kletocratic state that leans Islamic and authoritarian, but never is completely Islamic or authoritarian.
- petre 6y agoThat ship has long sailed.
- AnimalMuppet 6y agoNo, that ship has currently sailed. It may come back again. (Or maybe I'm just a crazy optimist.)