Events in Turkey show how leaders can weaken secularism, concentrate power and criminalise the opposition within a political ...

Tonge is convincing in his conclusion that the religious orders are a permanent feature of Turkish politics and public life.

If Americans don’t recognize the warning signs, the U.S. could follow the same dangerous path as Turkey: sliding into ...

The commonly held view is that a minority is a self-identifying group with a national or ethnic, cultural, religious and linguistic identity.30 The Turkish government uses an idiosyncratic ...

In fact, a majority of Americans (56%) say someone at their turkey day dinner typically does both of these things. Prayer is much less common among those who say their religion is “nothing in ...

Stepping inside the Seoul Central Mosque in Korea’s capital, the Turkish style interior decorated with tiles in teal blue and ...

TEHRAN - In a meeting held on Saturday between Iran’s Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts, Seyyed Reza ...

Turkish politics researcher Jenny White notes ... and the spread of a cultural, religious identity that excludes significant parts of society. Competitive authoritarianism Authors llike Steven ...