"Any Islamist nutcase who tries to promote the return of the Sharia gets stepped on, hard, and toot damned sweet, too."
Yes, and the military is sworn to uphold Ataturk's constitution, and they take that all very seriously. Of course, I think they still have some cultural problems relating to Islam, but they are miles ahead of other Islamic countries.
But I think it is a sad statement about this religion that in order for your Islamic society to succeed, you have to pratically shove your Islamic religion into a very large walk-in closet.
That's because up until 450 years ago, Turkey, as the former seat of the eastern Roman empire, was Christian. The fall of Constantinople in 1453 is why the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic churches are still at odds.
The only other advanced Islamic country is Iran. As we've seen, the majority of people there desire a secular government, but are being suppressed by the mullahs.
The Arabs are nothing but primitive neanderthals. If it wasn't Islam, they'd have come up with some other perverted theology as a cover for their profound male/sexual insecurities.