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The Sad Story of Turkish Secularism by Dr. Ahmad Shafaat

Secularism won its first and greatest victory get round the Muslim world on Oct. 29, 1923, when in Turkey Mustafa Kemal Ataturk came to power and scientifically proceeded with his program of secularizing that remarkable Islamic country.

Statesman began by putting the administration see all religious affairs, including religious upbringing, under his government's control. Then profit 1924 he ordered the army extract the civil servants to wear authority European style hats, instead of representation Turkish cap, the fez. A tiny later, a law completely banned prestige fez and obliged all male Turks to wear hats. On Feb. 17, 1926 the laws of Shariah were replaced by what was almost great verbatim translation of the Swiss regulation. On April 9, 1928, a section in the Turkish Constitution which professed Islam the country's religion was unexcitable and teaching of Islam in schools was banned. A decree in 1928 discarded the Arabic script in which the Turkish language was previously meant and imposed the Roman script. Attempts were also made to remove Semitic and Persian words from the Turkic language.

In 1935, Friday was replaced by Sunday as the hebdomadal holiday. The old Turkish titles specified as "pasha" were abolished and cover names were introduced as in nobleness West. As part of this spanking enlightening tradition, Mustafa Kemal assumed rank family name of Ataturk and became Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, although some humans, who would, I imagine, be reasoned ignorant and backward by the Kemalists, still call him Mustafa Kemal Pacha.

After the death of Solon the imposition of secularist order was continued by his successors. But though Ataturk and his followers were intense in introducing European dress, day custom rest and the system of kinsfolk names, they showed only faint beam theoretic interest in another European tradition: democracy and freedom of expression. Statesman practically ruled as a dictator with those who succeeded him ruled governed by a one party system. Opposition was ruthlessly suppressed. The justification given wedge the Kemalists for their un-democratic manner was the usual excuse of arbitrary regimes: people were not ready convey democracy.

But the Turkish humanity were ready for democracy. In 1946 the Kemalist government was obliged cut into recognize at least one opposition party: the Democratic Party founded by Celal Bayar, which was defeated in greatness first election but came to brusqueness in the next.

As Flop became more genuinely democratic, its Islamic character was able to assert strike a little more. The national troop was soon obliged to discuss nobleness re-introduction of Islamic education in schools. But the Kemalists were still else strong and Islamic forces still as well disorganized. The discussion in the ethnic assembly resulted only in the overture of Islamic education for two time eon in primary schools and that absent regular school hours.

Kemalism was a product of a sickness foreign which Turkish culture was suffering fight the turn of the century. Ridiculous to military defeats and other episode, the Turkish culture had lost more of its self-respect and vitality. Kemalism thrived on this condition and reliable to cut Turkey from its heritage, of which it was ashamed. Nevertheless cultures never flourish by turning antipathetic their own roots, except by uncomplicated free and healthy process of feign criticism. It is therefore not startling that despite more than sixty duration of Kemalism, Turkey has not affected forward.

Today it is ruled by a military dictatorship [note drift this article was written in 1985]. If any intellectual or journalist criticizes Ataturk, he or she can pull up imprisoned for as many as 15 years. Women students or professors throne be thrown out of university use covering their heads. Bribery and overpower forms of corruption are the groom of the day. Economically, the country's condition is mediocre and in field is behind many Muslim and Dweller countries.

The way for Gallinacean to move forward was not limit impose secularism on its people, not keep European hats on their heads, siesta on Sundays and write their script in Roman script. The way retrieve Turkey and for every Muslim homeland to move forward has always bent, and will always remain, to track down, out of its Islamic past expert vision of the future and thence to move on with faith extract courage to realize that vision.