(DIP) TOPTAN: PEOPLE IN TURKEY HAVE NO PROBLEMS WITH SECULARISM.PODGORICA, Jul 9, 2009 (TUR tur: see ibex. ) -- Turkish Parliament Speaker Koksal Toptan said Thursday that Turkey is a secular country which has adopted secularism sec·u·lar·ism n. 1. Religious skepticism or indifference. 2. The view that religious considerations should be excluded from civil affairs or public education. as a life style and the people (in Turkey) have no problems with secularism. Toptan was the guest of Montenegro's private tv channel Atlas TV. Asked if radical Islamists pose a threat, Toptan said that Islam is a religion of love and tolerance and, as other religions, Islam teaches principles like helping those in need, preaching the truth and what is beautiful. It is out of question to think about violence and killing of people along side Islam. It is impossible to understand those who commit crimes by claiming that they are fighters for Islam, Toptan said. Turkey is a secular country and it has adopted secularism as a life style. The people (in Turkey) have no problems with secularism. Nonetheless, there exist debates from time to time about how secularism is being implemented in Turkey. We look at such debates as part of a democratic atmosphere. The people of Turkey traditionally have respect and tolerance for not only Muslims but also followers followers see dairy herd. of other religions. Jews who ran away from Spain found shelter in Turkey. Jews running away from the Nazis during the World War II arrived in Turkey. You can see mosques, synagogues A list of synagogues around the world. Contents: Top - A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A
“Turkishness” redirects here. For Turkish law against the public denigration of Turkishness, see Article 301 (Turkish penal code). to live in harmony with secularism based on their traditions, Toptan said. -ECONOMIC CRISIS AND TURKEY- Toptan said that Turkey's foreign trade volume was (negatively) affected by the global economic crisis "as Turkish exports are mostly directed at the European Union European Union (EU), name given since the ratification (Nov., 1993) of the Treaty of European Union, or Maastricht Treaty, to the European Community and most imports come from this union". The Turkish automotive sector went over the crisis very quickly. Auto manufacturing plants can not keep up with orders coming to them, Toptan said. Touching on the impact of global financial crisis on tourism, Toptan said that the number of tourists visiting Turkey has not gone down. "Only the prices of touristic facilities went down". Turkey's industrial production numbers are very promising, Toptan also said. (THROUGH ASIA Asia (ā`zhə), the world's largest continent, 17,139,000 sq mi (44,390,000 sq km), with about 3.3 billion people, nearly three fifths of the world's total population. PULSE) |
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