15 November 2018
A dispute involving Turkey’s Directorate of Religious Affairs has highlighted the government’s difficulty in balancing the country’s religious and nationalist currents
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A dispute involving Turkey’s Directorate of Religious Affairs has highlighted the government’s difficulty in balancing the country’s religious and nationalist currents
- The head of Turkey’s Directorate of Religious Affairs has faced calls to resign amid claims he disrespected the country’s secularist founder, Kemal Ataturk
- The religious authority has long been used for political means but has been given a new significance under the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government
- The nature of the debate has given insights into possible political trends ahead of important local elections next March
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