http://www.journalistinturkey.com/stories/politics/i-wish-for-a-strong-opposition-party-in-turkey_437/ Frederike Geerdink's weblog Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:19:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.journalistinturkey.com/stories/politics/i-wish-for-a-strong-opposition-party-in-turkey_437/comment-page-1/#comment-760 uha1 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 03:29:42 +0000 http://www.journalistinturkey.com/?p=437#comment-760 I smell hypersecularism in the air. I`m seriously fed up with that bully term. I`m not a Muslim extremist or even something close the that but this secularism trend has just gone so far! Quick definition for hypersecularism ( you can also call it Turkish secularism) Live your life with a western mentality, purely materialistic while you hate and oppose Western powers, and meanwhile claim to remain with the Ottoman Turkish identity. Funny, isn't it? I smell hypersecularism in the air. I`m seriously fed up with that bully term. I`m not a Muslim extremist or even something close the that but this secularism trend has just gone so far! Quick definition for hypersecularism ( you can also call it Turkish secularism) Live your life with a western mentality, purely materialistic while you hate and oppose Western powers, and meanwhile claim to remain with the Ottoman Turkish identity. Funny, isn’t it?

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