Turks protest Islamic-rooted government
munaeem | 29 April, 2007 18:18
via Yahoo News : Turks protest Islamic-rooted government
"Turkey - Some 700,000 Turks demanded the resignation of the government, saying the Islamic roots of Turkey's leaders threatened to destroy the country's modern foundations.
Like the protesters, Turkey's powerful secular military has accused Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of tolerating radical Islamic circles.
Crowd chanted that the presidential palace was "closed to imams."
"We don't want a covered woman in Ataturk's presidential palace," said Ayse Bari, a 67-year-old housewife. "We want civilized, modern people there."Like the protesters, Turkey's powerful secular military has accused Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of tolerating radical Islamic circles.
Crowd chanted that the presidential palace was "closed to imams."
I agree with her.
"Neither Sharia, nor coup but fully democratic Turkey," read a banner carried by a demonstrator on Sunday.
SABRINA TAVERNISE comments on this protest in her article titled 'Turks Rally in Support of Secularism'. She says :
"The presidency is the most important post in the secular establishment, and the prospect that it could be occupied by a man whose background is in political Islam is seen as deeply threatening."
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