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Originally Posted by JurisDictum
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I think it is more important to defend democracy rather than to defend secularism at all costs. I say that as an atheist. But its a hard call because of some of the BS the Muslim president of Turkey has pulled.
Egypt taught me you can't let secular dictators sweet talk you like their not "a real dictatorship"
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Here's the problem: Islam is incompatible with democracy and we're seeing this with Erdogan eroding democratic values during his tenure. He may have been democratically elected, but he's destroying the process and slowly working against the constitution. Allowed to continue, it's only a matter of time until Turkey sees Sharia law replace its secular constitution.
We've seen this kind of process play out time and again in countries whose culture can barely support democracy, mostly in South America.
I'm not sure what this military faction is all about, but there's a chance that whatever they put forward will be less of a dictatorship than Erdogan was.