Erdogan: Turkey's New Era of Imperialism – DGSChapter
Read Time:4 Minutes Gazing out across the Istanbul landscape is the Çamlıca Mosque. With its classical Ottoman arches, six minarets, and seventy domes, it is a monument to the legacy of the long-gone empire, and is the largest mosque in all of Turkey. But it was not built centuries ago, like the other mosques in Istanbul; it was finished early last year, as part of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party’s “mega project” scheme. It is a symptom of a shift from a once proudly secular state to one run by (and pandering to) its Islamic citizens, where, despite r...
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