WORLD WAR II
DECOLONIZATION PHASE
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Question
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The majority of its population is Sunni Muslim.
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The Turkish government is strongly influenced by the religious clerics and Sharia law.
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Turkey experienced a growth in Muslim fundamentalists within its country.
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Turkey’s government attempts to maintain a strict separation between religion and political affairs.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The U.S. government estimates the total population at 82.5 million (midyear 2021). According to the Turkish government, 99 percent of the population is Muslim, approximately 78 percent of which is Hanafi Sunni.
Detailed explanation-2: -Turkey is officially a secular country with no official religion since the constitutional amendment in 1928, which was later strengthened and entrenched with wider appliance of laicism by founder Atatürk during the mid ‘30s, all being in-part with the series’ of Atatürk’s Reforms.
Detailed explanation-3: -Many of these reforms affected every aspect of Turkish life, moving to erase the legacy of dominance long held by religion and tradition. The unification of education, installation of a secular education system, and the closure of many religious orders took place on March 3, 1924.
Detailed explanation-4: -Turkey is a secular state with no official religion since the constitutional amendment in 1924. To some Turks, Islam is an important part of Turkish life, but the country is very tolerant of all religions, and faiths.