You see there where the problem has always been. The city Turks are laid back and the country ones are hard core. They have been moving to the city's for years. They are the ones Erdogan is sucking up to.
RE: The city Turks are laid back and the country ones are hard core. They have been moving to the city's for years. They are the ones Erdogan is sucking up to.
Yes that is a very important point. It's been years since I was in Turkey. I lived in Ankara for almost a year.
.. oh and don't forget American citizen Fethullah Gülen and his movement. Some say that is a big part of moving Turkey into an Islamic "republic."