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Turkey's Erdogan orders the conversion of Hagia Sophia back into a mosque
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RE: Turkey's Erdogan orders the conversion of Hagia Sophia back into a mosque
(July 14, 2020 at 12:11 pm)WinterHold Wrote:
(July 14, 2020 at 11:38 am)ido Wrote: There have been some alarming developments in Turkey over the course of the past few years. Hardliners in the Turkish government have been promoting ministers and officers who are devout Muslims. These people are openly scornful of the secular nature of the Turkish political system and it's no secret that they want to consolidate power and set the clock back 100 years, and if they get their way, it'll happen. It's a terrible shame that the coup failed. Things would be infinitely better if it had been successful.

That coup in Turkey failed because the majority of people wanted Erdogan. Turkish people are far well educated than their counterparts in Egypt -who wasted their revolution by handing the country back to the army post 2011-.

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Egypt ?! who cares !
What possible reason could there be to take such a step? Anybody who has ever been there knows that there are half a dozen mosques within a kilometre of the Hagia Sophia, so it's not as though they're in desperate need of more. The only reason anybody could offer up is this: The Turkish government is sending an unmistakable message.They are saying "Turkey is a Muslim country, we may say that we're secular, but we're really no different from any other Islamic republic."
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RE: Turkey's Erdogan orders the conversion of Hagia Sophia back into a mosque - by ido - July 14, 2020 at 12:21 pm

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