Political squabbles over religion simmered in Ankara yesterday as Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan asserted that raising devout generations was part of his Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) mission.
“Do you expect the conservative democrat AK Party to raise atheist generations? This may be your business and objective but not ours. We will raise a generation that is conservative and democratic and embraces the values and historical principles of its nation,” Erdogan said at an AKP gathering. [Journal of Turkish Weekly] Read more [via National Secular Society]
