Home pagePress CenterIn the Media Bulent Aliriza, director of the CSIS Turkey Project, was quoted by the Washington Post, "Turkey's Rulers Survive Secularist Challenge."
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Bulent Aliriza, director of the CSIS Turkey Project, was quoted by the Washington Post, "Turkey's Rulers Survive Secularist Challenge."
Turkey's highest court decided Wednesday not to outlaw the nation's Islamic-rooted ruling party, handing Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogana narrow victory and frustrating Turks intent on protecting the secular character of the government. [. . .]
"There is no consensus as to what secularism is and how it should be maintained," said Bulent Aliriza, the director of the Turkey Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. "What you have is leaders who are not secular who are trying to change the rigorous aspects of secularism. The ruling party has accepted the continuation of secularism. What it is trying to do is adjust it to take it to the wishes of the electorate."
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