Turkey: Is secularism dead? | IN 60 SECONDS

Can secular government and culture survive in Turkey? Fourteen years of rule by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has certainly damaged those prospects. AEI's Michael Rubin offers his take on what the future holds.

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[recaitheshrewd]

May Turkey become strong again....!!!!

[Mustafa-yivl]

Secularism gonna live forever in Turkey no one can’t change that

[sunnynight]

Turkey is a secular country a century. Secularism is the freedom of every religious belief. He can wear whatever you want everyone in Turkey. istesig everyone can believe in religion in Turkey. Nobody interferes with anyone. The majority of the people wear a headscarf, but that doesn't mean it is not a secular country. Muslims can also be secular. You assume that I know secularism and murder it. This is sheer bigotry and ignorance. I am proud of my secular country! 🇹🇷

[VesnanKhan]

Ataturk's philosophy gave us not only to see but also act like a secular person. Sadly, those who accepted his teachings are now living in abroad countries (aside from immigrants). The others who walked the same path are now dead, or sentenced to eternity in jail.

We are simply killing ourselves for no reason.

[maresgoez]

Really sad. If history has taught us anything is that religion and goverment is a bad mix.

[fallenevren]

Turkey 'll stay forever secular country

[YounisWrites]

Mr Erdogan is a great leader ❤❤,
Whole Turkey loves him.

[asillypiggy]

Is Secularism dead in USA? I think before judging any foreign countries one should first review themselves. Out of many One. E pluribus unum

[brandonnewson]

As a Turk I'm happy because CHP is coming back guys!!!

[Fawzia-rksy]

Building Islamic institutions and lifting the prohibition of hijab is not removing secularism from Turkey. Turkish women have been given the rights to freely dress themselves exposed or covered. Whether turkey considers themselves middle East or not is not a fact that they should remove from themselves any religious identity.

[adminl]

Long live Turkish secular nationalism. 🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷
We don't wanna be like İran or Afghanistan the countries was good but now full of shit because politic Islam. Turkey will turn back to old LAİK days and will be more powerfull again.

[slowdownx]

lt was Americans themselves who promoted Erdoğan's party in the first place, it was the Americans who took and still taking care of lslamists like Gülen who plotted against secular & patriotic soldiers within the Turkish army but Westerners had no problem with all these except when Erdoğan started to follow his own policies he became a dictator all of a sudden...lt's the same USA who plotted against democratic elected leaders in lran and lnstead replaced them with Monarchies & Dictators that were in favor with American interest.

[achgles]

As long as we are here, Turkey will continue to remain secular.

[liondepierre]

Hahahahaha, biggest bunch of American propaganda I've ever seen 😂😂

[ahlembaleh]

compare turkish situation(economy, politics and military power, education before and after erdogan then you have the right to talk ;
he change

[fatimamuf]

Look alot of people are saying an Islamic republic can't succeed hence problems in the middle east, however the ottoman empire did rule for 1300 years and the mughals ruled for more than the century

[hamadws]

But is banning mosques and islamic communities and also hijabs for women ok?

[muhammadsalman]

What is Secularism? Can human make laws of Human?

[missmiss]

It is not dead it just became more friendly toward riligon just like American secularism which is good .

[muslihismail]

Hopefully the secularists can never ever stand again. We hope Turkey will continue to be Islamic and will bring about the reunification of the Muslim world. In shaa Allah