The myth of Turkish secularism

Submitted by Octavio Johanson (Italy), May 8, 2005 at 05:03

Despite Kemal Ataturk and his reforms, Turkey has never been a secular state. To tell the Truth, no state is really secular: it can't possibly be.

In Turkey, it was always the army that kept church and state separated. But again, it was never really the case. Even Europe cannot be secular and, to be perfectly honest, it should not be.

Fact: Turkey is a Muslim nation. Radical Islam will sooner or later gain power. That implies that Turkey should not be allowed to join the European Union.

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