A very good perspective that should be more widely read and some of the political probs could be solved.


There is a prevailing state of happiness amongst many of the political Islamist parties and movements in the Arab world as [the former] Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gül managed to win the race for the Turkish presidency despite the vast reservations of secular and military leaders in the country towards him. These political Islamist and Arab political parties and movements consider Abdullah Gül, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and their party (the Justice and Development Party) one of them.

In reality, however, the Turkish Justice and Development Party and its leadership that enjoys an Islamic orientation is so far removed from the Islamist movements in the Arab world that it would be extremely unfair to place both parties in the same category. The Justice and Development Party had not assumed power by killing, bombing, and causing genocide and bloodshed. Also, it never advocated fatwas (religious rulings) created by ignorant individuals that denounce others as infidels and divide members of the same community into categories of atheists and infidels based on ignorant and erroneous judgments. This party had not reached power by isolating itself from the world and separating its people from their surroundings or misleading them to believe that they live alone on this planet.


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From most accounts Turkey is a moderate country so I don't expect them to overnight revert to a strick Islamic state.

The govt is moderate, but the ppl are lean ing more and more to the sectarian way of life. Right now it is a slow process but it could speed up at anytime.