Secularism: The Turkish Experience

In this University of Pennsylvania program, renown professors universities all over the world, from Boston University to Sabanci University, weigh in on the topic of secularism in the Turkish context. The struggle to balance worldly desires and demands against the promises and hopes of life in the afterworld, defines the essence of secularism in modern day Turkey. Turkey claims to be the only secular country in the Eurasia region with a 99 percent Muslim majority. What are the benefits, costs and risks associated with the Turkish way of secularism? How does the Turkish formula effect gender issues, politics, state-civil society relations and economy? Can Turkey offer an alternative answer for a secular system with a tolerant society for the rest of the world?

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[Gawdator]

Long live secular Turkey!

[KerickOrland]

Secular world is a more sane world my friend.

[esraretin]

9:52 another empty brain so called intellectual:) its reason is simply islam itself. dont u get it? u ban veil or not their tendency doesnt change.dont u see this simple equation? but despite wht i said ,pressure on islamist politicians has been beneficial. if it wasnt they would be still fundamentalist idiots.we taugth them something. even u so called intellectuals cant see this reality and keep dramatisation the case assuming everyone is democrat.no they are still not! because its islam itself

[esraretin]

students in demonstrations got arrested even students who commented on minister of university were arrested. they took over judge system,police everything. journalists,students,politicia­ns, have been arrested. and they still continue to arrest people.they sent hizbullah militants free.and this idiot woman said ''democrat'' for them 4 years ago.because she has never had a good sense to judge things but she memorised wht she read from books.she learnt english well of course with true pronunciation

[esraretin]

04:11 thats empty brain so called intellectual :) ''people who voted Ak party were not even religious'' no u moron they were fuckin religious and they are even tolerant towards islamic state. u dont know because u dont live in street.i see them,i know them i know wht they want.all i can say is that i am still surprised how secularism can live in Turkey despite them.of course here is a islamo facist government now. no democracy ,no freedom of speech they arrest everyone who goes against them

[GodVlogger]

Search YouTube for "Turkey Jails a Cartoonist" to see how Turkey recently arrested a man just for drawing a CARTOON!

They are threatening to put him in JAIL for a YEAR of his life, because he drew a cartoon questioning the existence of Allah.

Crazy!