Ataturk’s secular vision still thriving 14 février 2013
Posted by Acturca in History / Histoire, Religion, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Ataturk, History, Islam, secular, Turkey
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The Irish Times, Thursday, February 14, 2013, p. 14 Türkçe
David Adams
Each morning, as dawn breaks, one awakens to the sound of the first Islamic call to prayer. The muezzin’s voice, beautifully atmospheric as it echoes and resonates about the town, will be heard another four times before midnight. (suite…)
Identity shift giving rise to 2 Turkeys 1 décembre 2012
Posted by Acturca in Art-Culture, Istanbul, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Bedri Baykam, Bennu Gerede, conservative Muslim, Eset Akcilad, Gözde Küçük, Müsiad, secular, Tüsiad, Turkey, Zeynep Dereli
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International Herald Tribune, Saturday, December 1, 2012, p. 2
by Anand Giridharadas, Istanbul
« There are liquids that are not mixable – it’s like that. » But Bedri Baykam – a prominent Turkish painter, activist, politician and author – was not talking chemistry. He was speaking of the hardening self-segregation between Westernized, secular Turks like him and the conservative Muslims who now run Turkey, but whom he’d be unlikely ever to dine with. (suite…)
Turkey: a success story of tripartite coexistence 4 mai 2012
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: democracy, diplomacy, foreign policy, Imtiyaz Yusuf, Islam, Middle East, secular, Southeast Asia, Turkey
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The Nation (Thailand) May 4, 2012, p. 13A Türkçe
Imtiyaz Yusuf *
It is generally thought that Islam, secularism and democracy are incompatible. Such a biased view is based on hearsay rather than study of political history in the Muslim world. Muslim societies have been engaging in the debate about the relationship between politics and religion since their early history. (suite…)
Iran hits at Turkey’s ‘secular Islam’ 14 décembre 2011
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Religion, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Arab Spring, Iran, Middle East, secular, Syria, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie
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Financial Times (UK) Wednesday, December 14, 2011, p. 9
By Daniel Dombey in Istanbul and Najmeh Bozorgmehr in Tehran
Iran has criticised Turkey’s secular system of government as an unsuitable example for countries involved in the Arab uprisings, in the latest sign of growing tension between the two regional powers. (suite…)
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