Will the queen be aware?
I wonder whether the visiting queen of England will even be aware that as a result of the wife of Turkey’s president wearing the headscarf, certain high-ranking members of the state did not accept invitations to the dinner in her honor.I wonder if the queen, who is also the head of the Church of England, will be aware that Turkey, which takes its secularism from Europe, has a political party that defends secularism just as it is known in Europe, giving particular voice to the British brand of “democratic secularism,” and that because of this it is the target of a movement to force it to be shut down based on allegations that it is “a focal point of anti-secular activities.” Of course she will be aware of all this. Because she arrives in Turkey having read books about this nation and there is no doubt that her assistants will inform her in the most thorough manner possible. So she will be aware and she will be amazed at the same time.
15 May 2008, Thursday
AHMET TA?GET?REN, BUGÃœN
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