Erdogan is no Mustapha Kamal

Submitted by sammish (United States), Jan 6, 2009 at 10:29

Erdogan's comments are disturbing but not surprising. He is no Mustapha Kamal to say what people do not want to hear. Secularization of turkish politics is not enough. In a predominantly muslim and above all Turk arena, he complies to the dictates of culture of islamo-fascism. The combination (turk "ish" and islamic identities) is deadly.

This goes to show the precarity of democratic values when they are undermined by much stronger allienating views of islam.

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