Any Islamist nutcase who tries to promote the return of the Sharia gets stepped on, hard, and toot damned sweet, too.
"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.
This looks like a good opportunity to use this thread to extrapolate on the construction of the Turkish Republic, and the theoretical and practical applications of Kemalism varmis.