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Since 2003 with the rise of the AKP and Recep Erdogan, Turkey has undergone a shift away from its long held secular democratic values and is indisputably moving towards an Islamist Nationalist Dictatorship. The following article is just the most recent example of this:
Turkish students fear assault on secular education - BBC News
After recently spending some time in Turkey and having the chance to speak with locals (mostly liberals) many of them seem to believe the rise of the AKP is the revenge of the Religious Right after feeling their voices were not heard in the long standing secular government which embraced western values (Women's Rights, Freedom of Expression and even gay rights to a certain extent)
So my question is whether Conservative Islam is compatible with Secular Western Democracy and as Europe's Muslim population grows is this a window into what Europe's future political discourse may look like?
Turkish students fear assault on secular education - BBC News
After recently spending some time in Turkey and having the chance to speak with locals (mostly liberals) many of them seem to believe the rise of the AKP is the revenge of the Religious Right after feeling their voices were not heard in the long standing secular government which embraced western values (Women's Rights, Freedom of Expression and even gay rights to a certain extent)
So my question is whether Conservative Islam is compatible with Secular Western Democracy and as Europe's Muslim population grows is this a window into what Europe's future political discourse may look like?