Army Quote by Orhan Pamuk

Turkey is immersed in a profound social and political conflict between secularists, who have been in power since the republic was founded, and an…

— Stephen Kinzer

It is beneficial for Turkish democracy that not all religious conservatives are united under one banner.

— Mustafa Akyol

I don't much care whether rural Anatolians or Istanbul secularists take power. I'm not close to any of them. What I care about is…

— Orhan Pamuk

The bloody years of war and all the atrocities in European history have taught the Europeans that secular politics free of religious hatred is…

— Orhan Pamuk

In Turkey the religious minorities have more rights than they do in Europe.

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Bear in mind how valuable a secular Turkey is for the world.

— Safak Pavey

“As liberal columnist Şahin Alpay points out, however, the fundamental division in Turkish society is not between Islamists and secularists but between those who…

— Graham E. Fuller

In recent years the military has gradually been eased out of political life in Turkey. The military budget is now subject to much more…

— Andrew Mango

Turkey is taking advantage of the war in order to thoroughly liquidate its internal foes, i.e., the indigenous Christians, without being thereby disturbed by…

— Talaat Pasha

As things change in Turkey people find in religious observance a certain framework of safety, of continuity. This is quite a common phenomenon. In…

— Andrew Mango

Iraq's always been very secular.

— William Kristol

In Turkey religion not only affects society but is affected by it, which is why Turkish Islam differs from Arab Islam. It's a more…

— Andrew Mango