Original geschrieben von: ht2
Original geschrieben von: Danito

What is he talking about? Turkey doesn't receive anyforeign aid from the US.
He talks about Turkey as if it was a country like Iran or Saudi Arabia. It's more secular than most European countries.


US sells military arms to Turkey. Is Turkey really more secular than most European countries...in what way? From the moderators question, it doesn't sound like it.


1) Selling arms is not foreign aid.
2) Turkey is secular because of a very strict separataion between religion and state. (Laizism has been a fundament of modern Turkey since 1923.) You're not allowed to show religious symbols in schools and other official institutions. The Erdogan government tried to allow women to wear headscarves in universities, which is a pretty normal thing for Muslim women in most European countries. The Supreme Court decided that that law was against the laizist constitution.