I don't think Turkey ever will be Iran. There are more secular people that will not allow that to happen.
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I don't think Turkey ever will be Iran. There are more secular people that will not allow that to happen.
In 2009, according to briefers that you don't ask what they do for a living, the secular population of Turkey (meaning those subscribing to 'Western' values and behaviors) was estimated at 19 percent. More importantly, perhaps, was the info about Muslim minorities that do not conform to Erdogan's edition of Islam. That group was put at 34 percent. As you know, Turkish law has a rather sweeping approach to "Turkishness"-- you have little choice when it comes to your approve d national identity as a Turk --which you must accept-- unless you belong to the three ethnic minorities recognized under the Treaty of Lausanne (which the Padishah wants to abrogate). When the balloon goes up, these "details" will come into play and the situation "on the ground" will develop in ways no one in his right mind should want to contemplate....