Tags: Turkey
Activists resist expansion of religious education in Turkey
Posted: Thu, 21 Jun 2018
A movement to resist the expansion of religious education in Turkey is coordinating activists from 20 cities around the country. Read More »
Turkish secularists fear Erdogan’s theocracy as referendum looms
Posted: Mon, 20 Mar 2017
Turkish secularists have expressed their fears for the country's secular future ahead of a referendum to drastically increase the power of President Erdogan. Read More »
Turkey: Call to replace secularism with a religious constitution met with opposition
Posted: Tue, 26 Apr 2016
The Turkish politician charged with redrafting the country's constitution has called for an Islamic constitution as opposition leaders warn that "Secularism is there to ensure that everyone has religious freedom." Read More »
Fears for women’s rights in Turkey as Justice Ministry “to classify violence against women as a ‘petty crime’”
Posted: Fri, 06 Nov 2015
Proposals by the Turkish Ministry of Justice to treat sexual harassment and violence against women less severely have drawn widespread condemnation from campaigners. Read More »
Turkish musician Fazıl Say awarded 2015 International Secularism Prize
Posted: Thu, 29 Oct 2015
Turkey's most famous modern pianist has been awarded the International Secularism Prize (Prix de la Laïcité) by the France Committee of Secularism, two years after being convicted of blasphemy for a series of tweets. Read More »
Turkish President restates his belief that Muslims discovered America
Posted: Thu, 20 Nov 2014
Christopher Columbus has been removed from the Turkish school's syllabus after President Erdogan claimed Muslim sailors discovered the Americas in the 12th century. Read More »
Turkey’s headscarf ban lifted in latest assault on the secular state
Posted: Tue, 01 Oct 2013
Turkey's Islamist Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, yesterday continued his programme of Islamisation of the country by lifting the ban on the wearing of Muslim headscarves in public offices. Read More »
Crackdown on secular intellectuals in Turkey continues
Posted: Thu, 28 Feb 2013
A senior astrophysics professor in Turkey appears to be the latest target of what academics and scientists in that country say is an ongoing campaign by its conservative government to intimidate secular intellectuals. Read More »
Turkey wants to retrieve children adopted by Christians and gays
Posted: Fri, 22 Feb 2013
Turkey recently launched a campaign to retrieve Turkish children in European countries who have been taken from their parents and given to Christian couples, starting the process by taking back children from gay and lesbian couples. Read More »
Poll shows Turks want secularism
Posted: Wed, 28 Nov 2012
An overwhelming majority of Turkish people want secularism to be included in the country's new charter, a recent survey conducted by KONDA for the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) has revealed. Read More »
Turkish government moves its Islamist agenda forward another step
Posted: Thu, 15 Nov 2012
Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has continued its attempt at step-by-step Islamisation of the country by removing "Atatürk's reforms and principles" and "secularism" from the wording of the parliamentary oath in its submission to the Constitutional Conciliation Commission. Read More »
