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Originally Posted by n david
I've never visited, but from what I've read of Turkey is that while it is majority muslim, it is NOT a muslim country. It is a secular country. Sunni muslims make up the majority there, and it's true the current President is a muslim, but it is not considered a muslim government or muslim country.
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Ataturk made many changes that did in fact push Turkey toward modernity.
However, his advancements went so far...
the current President (and former PM) Erdogan has been working diligently to roll back those advacements.
Turkey today is moving in the direction of Islamization .