Turkey Protests

[MENTION=9110]DavyJonesx[/MENTION] I forgot to say, I thought you were Dutch because of the flag. My cousins are half-Turkish(Kurdish to be exact) with relatives in Turkey so I'm kinda interested in this.

Anyway, putting aside the main reason, dictatorship, it's something about the current government trying to "Islamize" Turkey right? Or have I got it all wrong?

I was born in Turkey.
I moved to Holland when I was very young.
Like 99% of the Turkish is people is Muslim, so yea...
Turkish people are VERY nationalistic.
But Erdogan is more of an Islamist than an Nationalist.

'He is ruining Turkey's image as a secular republic. He is trying to make Turkey an islamic republic like Iran so he can get in power and rule how he wants.
He has been arresting journalists who write bad things about him and has been arresting the head generals of Turkey to make sure that nobody gets in the way of spreading Islamic fundamentalism.
He is trying to get rid of all the head honchos who control Turkey's secular goverment so that he can easily turn it into an islamic republic.
He recently banned a rally about celebration remembering the founder of Turkey who modernized everything and made Turkey a stable country.'

That founder was Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. For Turkish people he is like a fucking GOD. The IDOL of any human who calls him/her-self a Turk.
But what does Erdogan do?
He BANS all images of Atatürk in all public area's.

He's a Tyrant.


Hope that helps.