http://www.cedricmuhammad.com/turkey-buffer-butler-or-balance/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:36:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.cedricmuhammad.com/turkey-buffer-butler-or-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-1351 Harvey Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:06:07 +0000 http://www.cedricmuhammad.com/?p=1568#comment-1351 Cedric, you mention that "many nations in the Islamic world ... don’t even recognize Turkey as an Islamic country." In fact it can also be argued that many Turks themselves do not recognize Turkey as an Islamic country. Turkey's current political status as a nation is secular and many Muslim Turks that I have met, interacted with socially and done business with are passionate about maintaining their secular political status. I'm sure there are some that beg to differ, but from my personal experience, the greater Turkish community appear relatively satisfied with this political circumspect. Your articles position Turkey as a "Islamic Core State", however there are many in the Turkish establishment who resent seeing themselves positioned that way. This sentiment expressed itself recently in a political coup attempt and the arrests that subsequently followed. http://tinyurl.com/turkeycouparrests Cedric,
you mention that “many nations in the Islamic world … don’t even recognize Turkey as an Islamic country.”
In fact it can also be argued that many Turks themselves do not recognize Turkey as an Islamic country. Turkey’s current political status as a nation is secular and many Muslim Turks that I have met, interacted with socially and done business with are passionate about maintaining their secular political status. I’m sure there are some that beg to differ, but from my personal experience, the greater Turkish community appear relatively satisfied with this political circumspect. Your articles position Turkey as a “Islamic Core State”, however there are many in the Turkish establishment who resent seeing themselves positioned that way. This sentiment expressed itself recently in a political coup attempt and the arrests that subsequently followed. http://tinyurl.com/turkeycouparrests

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