Restricting Muslim headwear (such as the fez and the headscarf) was one of the most difficult changes put into place when he stood up the Turkish Republic in the ashes of the Ottoman Empire.
Revoking that measure is yet another step by Sultan Erdogan to create another Ottoman dynasty and to reinstate the Caliphate.
I know it may not seem like much, but this is very significant (as pretty much anybody familiar with the history of Turkey would state)
exactly
and so it began in Egypt about 20 years ago as the veil emerged from the underclass and began to overtake and shroud the middle class and divide Egyptians by religion and class. The veil is a political statement. And fundamentally incompatible with modern society.
No Chance
Kemalists are jerks. They are quite a defiant on a low level but it won’t bring them any comfort in a long run. Just look at how the Sultan has purged any competent seculars from his armed forces at the time. All non-Islamist non-buttlicking officers turned to be Greek, American, Israel or Russian spies sentenced to up to life in prison. Stalin himself must be proud. Too good Turkey has no enemies or maybe someone would jump in to liberate their Kurds? What about hundreds of Istanbul PD officers who were after a government corruption? Lucky ones are simply unemployed “foreign agents” who were looking to defame Dear Leader.
Three steps back
10 year olds weren’t “yearning” for this. It’s just like how Muslims will say a 9 year old “wants” to be married and start a family. It’s their dads pressuring them or outright forcing them to do it.
Let this serve as a warning. It’s impossible to be a “little” Islamic because Islam can not be moderated for long. Even almost 100 years of purging it and in less than a generation Erdogan’s has undone nearly all of it.
Functionally, this is Clinton’s fault. The ally we had for decades was left swinging, and when we needed them in 2001 they were no longer there. This is a smaller symptom of what we have been reaping since.
And soon our female students will yearn not to be students at all.
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I arrived at my office that morning to find a police tank(!) sitting at the campus gate, and police in riot gear all over campus. Fortunately our students behaved and nothing happened.
I have lived in Turkey and it was Muslim controlled then, too. They claim not to be but they always have been.
“Allows”==”Mandates”
Seriously, with a straight face, these scoundrels would approach a group of Christians, threaten them with death unless they converted to Islam, then say they “allowed” them to convert to Islam if they chose.
Yes. Turkey is slipping away, becoming nuttier by the minute.
The religion tends to enslave the government. The military in Turkey doesn’t want to share power with a bunch of “meddlesome priests”.