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Idyllic,
My best friend is Turkish. His father is ex-special forces from the Turkish military. Turkey's constitution is secular, to the extreme. As a matter of fact, it has been written into their Constitution that if the government attempts to inject Islam into the running of the nation, the military will take over the country, retire the entire government and hold new elections (with completely new people). This has happened twice in his life, once the government was re-elected, the other time the government withdrew the proposed law and remained. In short, to call Turkey's PM an Islamic supremacist is simply false. If there was even an inkling of truth in that, he'd be thrown out on his ear by an entire tank division.
I recognize that you were quoting, but be suspicious of everything you read, not just the stuff you disagree with - especially when it comes to the middle east. Everyone writing about the middle east has an agenda.
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